The Death of Proof
The work
| Authors | John Horgan |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1993 |
| Citekey | horgan1993death |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Scientific American |
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| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Volume | 269 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 92--103 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1038/scientificamerican1093-92 |
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| OpenAlex | W2092023354 |
| ISSN | 0036-8733 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1093-92 |
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Settled
| Abstract | Scientific American printed no abstract for this piece, and no registrar holds one -- Crossref, OpenAlex, DataCite (404) and Unpaywall were all asked on 2026-09-03 and only the issn came back. The copy carries a standfirst rather than an abstract: 'Computers are transforming the way mathematicians discover, prove and communicate ideas, but is there a place for absolute certainty in this brave new world?' That is the magazine's own framing of the piece, not a statement offered as an abstract, and the corpus distinguishes the two -- so it is quoted here rather than harvested into the field. |
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| Isbn | A magazine article has no isbn. The record carries Scientific American's issn, which enrich supplied, and locates the article by volume, issue and pages 92--103. |
| School | A magazine article has no school; that field belongs to a thesis. |
A copy is held
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How it got here
| How it got here | agent via openalex |
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| Added | 2026-09-03 15:10 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-09-03 17:29 UTC |
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Cite it as
@article{horgan1993death,
title = {The Death of Proof},
author = {John Horgan},
year = {1993},
journal = {Scientific American},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
volume = {269},
number = {4},
pages = {92--103},
issn = {0036-8733},
doi = {10.1038/scientificamerican1093-92},
}
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