Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and Trust by Donald Angus MacKenzie

Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and Trust

Donald Angus MacKenzie

427 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction computer science history technology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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MacKenzie argues that our culture now contains two ideals of proof: proof as traditionally conducted by human mathematicians, and formal, mechanized proof. He describes the systems constructed by those committed to the latter ideal and the many qu...

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