Leticia Mayer Celis, Entre el infierno de una realidad y el cielo de un imaginario. Estadística y comunidad científica en el México de la primera mitad del siglo XIX [Between the hell of a reality and the heaven of an imaginary. Statistics and scientific community in Mexico during the first half of the XIX century], Mexico, El Colegio de México, 1999,188 pp.
This is a book that could initially seem tedious because of the subjects it discusses; but it is exactly the opposite. Its reading is quite pleasant and enlightening. Mayer proposes a new view on the history of statistics in Mexico.
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