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Ilya Prigogine was a distinguished chemist recognized for his research in thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1977 for his pioneering work on the theory of dissipative structures and nonlinear chemistry. Born on January 25, 1917, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Prigogine passed away on May 28, 2003.

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“Le possible est plus riche que le réel. La nature nous présente en effet l’image de la création, de l’imprévisible nouveauté. Notre univers a suivi un chemin de bifurcations successives : il aurait pu en suivre d’autres. Peut-être pouvons-nous en dire autant pour la vie de chacun d’entre nous.”

Universe Creativity Self Help Possibilities Randomness

Book:La Fin des certitudes : Temps, chaos et les lois de la nature

Source: La Fin des certitudes : Temps, chaos et les lois de la nature

“Order arise from chaos.”

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“In far from equilibrium conditions, the concept of probability that underlies Boltzmann's order principle is no longer valid if the structures we observe do not correspond to a maximum of complexions”

Ifs Order Principles Conditions Concepts Structure Probability Maximum Equilibrium Complexion

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“The main character of any living system is openness.”

Character Openness Main Characters

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“We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate”

Grows Amount Direct Chaos Proportion

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“Entropy is the price of structure.”

Structure Entropy

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“It is a remarkable fact that the second law of thermodynamics has played in the history of science a fundamental role far beyond its original scope. Suffice it to mention Boltzmann's work on kinetic theory, Planck's discovery of quantum theory or Einstein's theory of spontaneous emission, which were all based on the second law of thermodynamics.”

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“The idea of spontaneous generation of life in its present form is therefore highly improbable even to the scale of the billions of years during which prebotic evolution occurred.”

Years Ideas Form Generations Evolution Billions Scales Spontaneous Improbable

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“Now we see evolutionary trends in a variety of areas ranging from atomic and molecular physics through fluid mechanics, chemistry and biology to large scale systems of relevance in environmental and economic sciences”

Economic Areas Economics Environmental Physics Scales Variety Biology Chemistry Trends Mechanic Relevance Fluid Large Scale

Book:Is Future Given?

Source: Is Future Given?

“The future is uncertain... but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.”

Humans Heart Science Creativity Future Uncertainty Uncertain Uncertain Future Uncertain Times

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“The irreversibility of time is the mechanism that brings order out of chaos.”

Order Chaos Mechanism

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“The world is richer than it is possible to express in any single language.”

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“The more we know about our universe, the more difficult it becomes to believe in determinism.”

Knows Believe Universe Difficult Determinism

Book:The End of Certainty

Source: The End of Certainty

“The statistical probability that organic structures and the most precisely harmonized reactions that typify living organisms would be generated by accident, is zero.”

Would Be Knowledge Structure Accidents Reactions Zero Organisms Probability Living Organisms

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“The real is only one realization of the possible.”

Real Realization

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“(1) irreversible processes are as real as reversible ones. (2) irreversible processes play a fundamental constructive role in the physical world. (3) irreversibility is deeply rooted in dynamics.”

World Real Play Process Roles Fundamentals Complexity Rooted Constructive Dynamics Irreversible

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Born: January 25, 1917
Died: May 28, 2003
Known for: Chemist
Quotes: 16

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