In an isolated system, which cannot exchange energy and matter with the surroundings, this tendency is expressed in terms of a function of the macros… - Ilya Prigogine

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In an isolated system, which cannot exchange energy and matter with the surroundings, this tendency is expressed in terms of a function of the macroscopic state of the system: the entropy.”

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About Ilya Prigogine

Ilya Prigogine (25 January 1917 – 28 May 2003) was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian-Jewish origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. Prigogine's work most notably earned him the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, as well as the Francqui Prize in 1955 and the Rumford Medal in 1976.

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Native Name: Ilya Romanovich Prigogine • Ilya Romanovitch Prigogine • Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин
Alternative Names: Ilya Romanovich Prigozhin • Ilya R. Prigozhin • Ilya R Prigozhin • I. R. Prigozhin • I R Prigozhin • IR Prigozhin • I. Prigozhin • I Prigozhin • Prigozhin • Prigozhin I • Prigozhin I. • Prigozhin I. R. • Prigozhin IR • Ilya R. Prigogine • Ilya R Prigogine • I. R. Prigogine • I R Prigogine • IR Prigogine • I. Prigogine • I Prigogine • Prigogine • Prigogine I • Prigogine I. • Prigogine I. R. • Prigogine IR
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The problem of time in physics and chemistry is closely related to the formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. Therefore another possible title of this lecture could have been: “the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of the second law of thermodynamics”
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