Calculus has been part of the foundations of nearly all modern science since its inception in the late 17th century. Its genesis shaped the course of modern phy

Calculus has been part of the foundations of nearly all modern science since its inception in the late 17th century. Its genesis shaped the course of modern physics, engineering, chemistry, and architecture, and has consistently for the last several centuries. Linear algebra has really only come into its own since humans have had powerful computational systems at their disposal, as a large part of linear algebra's usefulness (including its relevance to the examples you describe) is efficiently organizing and performing calculations in higher order systems. That is not to say it is irrelevant or non-impactful - far from it! I'm just saying linear algebra has taken hundreds of years for its real power to be leveraged, and in the intervening time, calculus has reigned supreme as a system for modeling and describing real systems. (FWIW, I agree with the author and the paper in question, but I think OP you replied to is absolutely correct that teaching both gives perspective that neither alone would impart.)