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(1) irreversible processes are as real as reversible ones. (2) irreversible processes play a fundamental constructive role in the physical world. (3) irreversibility is deeply rooted in dynamics.
Ilya Prigogine
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Ilya Prigogine
Age: 86 †
Born: 1917
Born: January 25
Died: 2003
Died: May 28
Academic
Chemist
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Physicist
University Teacher
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Ilya Romanovich Prigozhin
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