These are Actual Historical Facts,But Your Brain Doesn’t Want You to Believe Them

Harvard University Didn’t Offer Calculus Classes for This Reason…

Harvard University didn’t offer calculus in the first few years of being a university. Why? Because it wasn’t invented yet. Modern calculus was developed in 17th-century Europe, but only after Harvard established itself as a university.

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Harvard was established in 1636. It’s America’s oldest institution of higher learning. It’s funny to think that they started before the invention of calculus, a foundation of mathematics.

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