Ilya Prigogine was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1917. His father, Roman, was a chemical engineer and his mother, Julia had studied music at the conservatory in Moscow. Although Prigognine eventually elected to study chemistry, his highly philosophical...

Ilya Prigogine was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his pioneering work on nonequilibrium thermodynamics. He revolutionized chemistry by introducing the concepts of irreversible time and probability in his approach to unstable chemical...

1917- Russian-born Belgian chemist who received the 1977 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work concerning non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the theory of dissipative structures. Prigogine's family escaped revolutionary Russia shortly after his...

Ilya Prigogine (Russian: Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин) (January 25, 1917 – May 28, 2003) was a Belgian physicist and Nobel Laureate chemist noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and...

WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-03-2003 Ilya Prigogine, winner of Nobel in chemistry -- Explored fundamental questions of nature WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE Date: 06-03-2003, Tuesday Section: LOCAL Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star...

Ilya Prigogine, 86, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who applied intellect and imagination to some of the most fundamental questions of nature, leading him to be called the "poet of thermodynamics," died May 28 in Brussels. The cause of death was not reported. In...