[4]: 4:57 She credits her pro-science and pro-mathematics outlook (later demonstrated in her work on Numb3rs) to her upbringing in a “community that had a lot of professors from UCSD in it, and … an early exposure to a lot of science and thinking.”[4]: 5:00 Heuton also credits her family's membership in the Unitarian Church, “which is home to many people who don’t believe in traditional religion.
Numb3rs was broadcast on CBS for six seasons, from 2005 to 2010, and featured a mathematician entertainingly explaining mathematical concepts while helping the FBI solve crimes.
[4]: 28:20 Heuton and Fallacci strove to ensure that the math presented in the series was real by hiring mathematicians as consultants.
The movie is based on Elmore Leonard’s story “When the Women Come Out to Dance.” In 2005, Heuton and Fallacci were awarded the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents for being “widely recognized magnifiers of the public′s understanding of science” due to their work on the television series Numb3rs.
[3] In 2007, Heuton and Fallacci and the television series Numb3rs shared the National Science Board's Public Service Award for “contributions toward increasing scientific and mathematical literacy on a broad scale”.