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Ilya Prigogine


Born
in Moscow, Russian SFSR
January 25, 1918

Died
May 28, 2003

Genre
Science


Ilya, Viscount Prigogine (Russian: Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин, Ilya Romanovich Prigozhin) was a Russian-born naturalized Belgian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.

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Order Out of Chaos: Man's N...
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The End of Certainty: Time,...
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El nacimiento del tiempo
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From Being to Becoming: Tim...
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La Nouvelle Alliance
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¿Tan sólo una ilusión? Una ...
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Is Future Given?
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Introduction to Thermodynam...
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TEMPS A DEVENIR
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Non-Equilibrium Statistical...
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Advances In Chemical Physic... Advances in Chemical Physic... Advances in Chemical Physic... Advances in Chemical Physic... Advances in Chemical Physic... Advances in Chemical Physic... Advances in Chemical Physic...
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“We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate”
― Ilya Prigogine, Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue with Nature
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“Entropy is the price of structure.”
― Ilya Prigogine, Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue with Nature
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“The main character of any living system is openness.”
― Ilya Prigogine
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