The works of a British sociologist of science and technology, Professor of the University of Lancaster John Law, are practically unknown to a Russian reader. However, presently John Law is recognized as a theorist (working in the framework of actor-network theory) and at the same time as an eminent researcher in the domain of «Science and technology studies». This brief article is a preface of the first Russian language publication of J. Law’s fundamental oeuvre «Objects and Spaces».