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

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Ilya Prigogine
Ilya Prigogine

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. more

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