María Laura Martínez, PhD, is Adjunct Professor of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the Universidad de la República (Uruguay). The focus of her research are the History and Philosophy of Science and the History of Science in Uruguay. She has published articles in those areas and is author of 75 primeros años en la formación de los ingenieros nacionales. Historia de la Facultad de Ingeniería (1885-1960) [The first 75 years in the education of national engineers. History of the School of Engineering (1885-1960)] (2014) and Realismo científico y verdad como correspondencia:  estado de la cuestión (2009) [Scientific realism and correspondence theory of truth; state of the art] (2009). She has received the National Prize of Literature in the category Philosophy Essays, from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay (2016).

• Acknowledgments.- Contents.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. “Taking a look” at Ian Hacking’s work.- Chapter 2. Styles of scientific thinking & doing. A genealogy of scientific reason.- Chapter 3. Probability. Books that smell like other books.- Chapter 4. Making up people. A project of more than three decades.- Chapter 5. Classifications, looping effect and power.- Chapter 6. Experimentation and Scientific Realism. A return of Francis Bacon.- Chapter 7. On Foucault’s shoulders.- Epilogue.- References.- Index.

“The current book provides a deep and thorough insight into the influence of Foucault on Hacking's thinking. … The author has nicely spelled out the structure and main content of the book in the Introduction, chapter by chapter.”  (Peeter Müürsepp, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2022)