Just compare what has been achieved in science in, say, 2000 years before the invention of calculus, with just the 100 years after its invention. As almost alwa

Just compare what has been achieved in science in, say, 2000 years before the invention of calculus, with just the 100 years after its invention. As almost always, the author is extrapolating what is true in his field (biology) to "the world as the whole". Biology hasn't historically often used mathematics because it was and to a large extent still is a descriptive science. With molecular biology now being the hottest stream in biology the need for mathematics is much stronger than before even in this discipline. Instead of denying the obvious, it would be better to think of ways to not scare people away from mathematics - he makes it seem like some people simply do not have the mathematical ability and there is nothing to do about it except finding a field that doesn't need it.