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Ilya Prigogine
Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.
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science · Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003) · philosopher · physicist · university teacher · chemist · non-fiction writer · also Ilya Prigogine, Ilya Romanovich Prigozhin, Ilya R. Prigozhin, Ilya R Prigozhin, I. R. Prigozhin, I R Prigozhin
Born 12 January 1917 · Died 28 May 2003 · Q183509
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2003· 3 entries
Was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto
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“The denial of becoming by physics estranged science from philosophy... [and] became a dogmatic assertion directed against all those (chemists, biologists, physicians) for whom a qualitative diversity existed in nature... Today we believe that the epoch of certainties and absolute oppositions is over. Physicists belong to their culture, to which, in their turn, they make an essential contribution.”
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2001· 1 entry
And patronized by Ilya Prigogine himself until his death in 2003
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1997· 2 entries
One of the founders of the International Commission on Distance Education (CODE), a worldwide accreditation agency
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As The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature, Prigogine contends that determinism is no longer a viable scientific belief: "The more we know about our universe, the more difficult it becomes to believ
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Valladolid (1995).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1995).
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (1994).
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Awarded Kampé de Fériet Award (1994).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (1991).
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1989· 1 entry
Was awarded the title of viscount in the Belgian nobility by the King of the Belgians
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of Tours University (1986).
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1985· 1 entry
And in 1998 he was awarded an honoris causa doctorate by the UNAM in Mexico City
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Honda Prize (1983).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University (1978).
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1977).
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1976· 2 entries
Won Rumford Medal (1976).
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And in 1977, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures"
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1975· 1 entry
Won Cothenius Medal (1975).
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1972· 2 entries
Awarded Bourke Award (1972).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I (1972).
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1967· 1 entry
Co-founded the Center for Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, now the Center for Complex Quantum Systems
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Poitiers (1966).
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1959· 1 entry
Was appointed director of the International Solvay Institute in Brussels, Belgium
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1955· 2 entries
Awarded Francqui Prize (1955).
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Prigogine was awarded the Francqui Prize for Exact Sciences
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1951· 1 entry
Became a full professor at his alma mater; at 34 years old, he was the youngest ever full professor at the science faculty in Brussels
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1943· 1 entry
Prigogine and his future wife Hélène Jofé were arrested by the Germans; after multiple interventions including by the Queen Elisabeth, they were eventually released a couple of weeks later
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1941· 1 entry
The university formally closed to protest the forced appointment of Flemish pro-Nazi New Order professors by the occupiers; he continued giving clandestine lectures until the Liberation of Belgium in 1944
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1939· 1 entry
And a PhD in chemistry in 1941 under Théophile de Donder
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1921· 1 entry
The factory having been nationalized by the new Soviet regime and the feeling of insecurity rising amidst the civil war, the family left Russia
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1917· 1 entry
Born 1917-01-12.
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