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Ilya Prigogine

Ilya Prigogine (25 January1917 – 28 May2003) was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian-Jewish origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. Prigogine's work most notably earned him the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, as well as the Francqui Prize in 1955 and the Rumford Medal in 1976.

Quotes

  • Coherent behavior is the characteristic feature of biological systems.

    Order Through Fluctuation - Ilya Prigogine - The Library

    • Marjorie Grene, ‎Ilya Prigogine (1971) Interpretations of life and mind: essays around the problem of reduction. p. 2.
  • Given my interest in the concept of time, it was only natural that my attention was focused on the second principle, as I felt from the start that it would introduce a new, unexpected element into the description of physical world evolution.

    No doubt it was the same impression illustrious physicists such as Boltzmann and Planck would have felt before me. A huge part of my scientific career would then be devoted to the elucidatio Order Out of Chaos Quotes by Ilya Prigogine - Goodreads MULUM