During his lifetime Lakatos refused to publish the work as a book since he intended to improve it. However, in 1976, two years after his death, the work did appear as a book: J Worrall and E G Zahar (eds.), I Lakatos: Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery .
Sa panahon ng kanyang buhay Lakatos tumanggi na mag-publish ng trabaho bilang isang libro mula noong siya ay inilaan upang mapabuti ito. Gayunman, sa 1976, dalawang taon pagkatapos ng kanyang kamatayan, ang trabaho ay lilitaw bilang isang libro: J Worrall at Eg Zahar (eds.), ko Lakatos: Proofs at Refutations: Ang Logic ng matematika Discovery.