Ilya Prigogine
25 January 1917 – 28 May 2003
Ilya Prigogine was a Russian-born Belgian physical chemist who worked on non-equilibrium thermodynamics. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1977 for his theory of dissipative structures, which describes how ordered patterns can arise in systems far from equilibrium. He spent most of his career at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and also directed a statistical mechanics centre at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Life events
Born in Moscow a few months before the October Revolution.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe family emigrated, living in Lithuania and Germany before settling in Belgium.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe family made Belgium their permanent home; he later took Belgian nationality.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStudied chemistry and physics in Brussels, working under Théophile De Donder on irreversible processes.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook up a chair at his alma mater, where he led work on non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDivided his time between Brussels and the University of Texas at Austin for several decades.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRecognised for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe book presented his ideas about time, irreversibility and self-organisation to a general readership.
Ennobled by the King of the Belgians in recognition of his scientific work.
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