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Prigogine was born in Moscow , Russia and studied Chemistry at the Université Libre De Bruxelles in Brussels , Belgium . In 1959 , he was appointed director of the International Solvay Institute in Brussels , Belgium . He was later appointed Regental Professor and Ashbel Smith Professor of Physics and Chemical Engineering at the University Of Texas At Austin in the United States , where in 1967 he co-founded what is now called the Ilya Prigogine Center For Studies In Statistical Mechanics And Complex Systems . Prigogine is known best for his work on dissipative structures concentrated on Thermodynamic systems far from Equilibrium . His work in this field led to pioneering research in Self-organizing System s, as well as philosophic inquiries into the role of time in the natural sciences. His work is seen by many as a bridge between natural sciences and social sciences. With University Of Texas At Austin professor Robert Herman, he also developed the basis of the Two Fluid Model , a traffic model for urban networks, using Bose-Einstein Condensation theory in Traffic Engineering . In his later years, his work concentrated on the mathematical role of Determinism in Nonlinear Systems on both the Classical and Quantum level. He proposed the use of a Complex Hilbert Space in quantum mechanics as one possible method of achieving irreversibility in quantum systems. He also co-authored several books with Isabelle Stengers , including The End Of Certainty . Prigogine was the author of several scientific articles and books. He was a member of numerous scientific organizations, and received numerous awards, prizes and more than 50 honorary degrees. He was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry . In 1989 , he was awarded the title of Viscount by the King of Belgium. BOOKS
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