The Saga of Ilya Prigogine
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Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Active Era
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#328 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine (; Russian: Илья Романович Пригожин; 25 January [O.S.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
12 January] 1917 – 28 May 2003) was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
Prigogine's work most notably earned him the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures”, as well as the Francqui Prize in 1955, and the Rumford Medal in 1976.
