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Ilya Prigogine

Chemistry

Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian origin who lived from 1917 to 2003. He is noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility, for which he received the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures. He also received the Francqui Prize in 1955 and the Rumford Medal in 1976.

Facts
Birth Year
1917 1
Death Date
2003-05-28 1
Death Year
2003 1
Death Place
Brussels metropolitan area, Belgium 1
Nationality
Belgium 1
Nationality
Russian Empire 1
Birthplace
Moscow, Russia 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
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1. Ilya Prigogine (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2003-05-28T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2003-05-28T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Belgium
    Q31
  • P20 (place of death): Brussels metropolitan area, Belgium
    Q9005
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Russian Empire
    Q34266
  • P19 (place of birth): Moscow, Russia
    Q649
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