Prigogine

[ pri-goh-zhin; French pree-gaw-zheen; Russian pryi-gaw-zhin ]

noun

1. Il·ya [il, -y, uh, eel, -, ee-, lyah], 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1977.

Prigogine

/ priɡoʒin /

noun

1. PrigogineIlya19172003MBelgianRussianSCIENCE: chemist Viscount Ilya (ilja). 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, born in Russia: Nobel prize for chemistry 1977 for his work on nonequilibrium thermodynamics

Example Sentences

Mr. Prigogine and his Internet Research Agency engaged in “information warfare” against the U.S. in part by using social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter to spread politically charged misinformation during the 2016 race, Department of Justice prosecutors wrote in charging documents.

From Washington Times

An investigation last year by RBC, a Russian media organization, found that FAN is part of a network of websites linked to Yevgeny Prigogine, an oligarch accused of operating the Internet Research Agency, the so-called “troll farm” U.S. prosecutors charged with meddling in the 2016 race.

From Washington Times

FAN and a network of 15 other sites previously linked to Mr. Prigogine generated a combined 30 million page views every months, according to RBC’s 2017 report.

From Washington Times

In the case of nature, he takes more than one page from the works of Ilya Prigogine and Erwin Schrödinger, two noted scientists, to suggest that order arises from chaos when a physical system is thrown out of kilter.

From Economist

This is an antidote to pessimism that belongs with the works of Joseph Schumpeter, Thomas Kuhn and Ilya Prigogine.

From Nature