Prigogine explore general ingredients of complex behavior. Ilya prigogine s most popular book is order out of chaos. The work of physicist ilya prigogine has exposed a radical asymmetry at the heart of physics. Complexity thinking has only just taken the first steps in the direction towards application. Reduction and emergence in science and philosophy by carl gillett. Viscount ilya romanovich prigogine was a physical chemist and nobel laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems.
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