When I came to Zürich in 1872, and became acquainted with some of the students, I was astonished to see quite young girls, who were studying at the Polytechnicum, solving intricate problems of the theory of heat, with the aid of the differential calculus, as easily as if they had had years of mathematical training.
Kropotkin expresses his astonishment at the capabilities of young women studying advanced mathematics in Zürich.
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