Ilya Romanovich Prigogine

Ilya Romanovich Prigogine, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1917-01-25 in Moscow, Russia

Gender: male

Field: Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)

Biography

Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian-Jewish origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977

Awarded on: 1977-10-11

"for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures"

Affiliations:

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles – Brussels, Belgium
  • University of Texas – Austin, TX, USA
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