Besides a physical chemist, was Prigogine known for anything else?
He was a dancer
He was a noted scholar
He was a government official
He was a mechanic
Answer
Prigogine was a noted scholar. His studies led him to propose Theory of dissipative structures, which states that order can emerge out of chaos in open systems. This theory has been used to explain a wide range of phenomena, from the formation of galaxies to the emergence of life.
The Prigogine Puzzle: Unraveling the Legacy of Ilya Prigogine
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