Ilya Prigogine: System

Ilya Prigogine was physical chemist. Explore interesting quotes on system.
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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.”

Ilya Prigogine

Part 2; Cited in: Evgenii Rudnyi (2013).
Thermodynamics of Evolution (1972)

“My colleague Paul Glansdorff and I have investigated the problem as to if the results of near-equilibrium can be extrapolated to those of far - from-equilibrium situations and have arrived at a surprising conclusion: Contrary to what happens at equilibrium, or near equilibrium, systems far from equilibrium do not conform to any minimum principle that is valid for functions of free energy or entropy production.”

Ilya Prigogine

Ilya Prigogine (1996) "The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature". p. 64. Cited in: Ilya Prigogine http://www.eoht.info/page/Ilya+Prigogine at echt info. By Sadi-Carnot et all., Jan 28 2013.

Problem

“Coherent behavior is the characteristic feature of biological systems.”

Ilya Prigogine

Marjorie Grene, ‎Ilya Prigogine (1971) Interpretations of life and mind: essays around the problem of reduction. p. 2.

Behavior

“The evolution of a physicochemical system leads to an equilibrium state of maximum disorder.”

Ilya Prigogine

Thermodynamics of Evolution (1972)

“The functional order maintained within living systems seems to defy the Second Law; nonequilibrium thermodynamics describes how such systems come to terms with entropy.”

Ilya Prigogine

Part 1; Cited in: Evgenii Rudnyi (2013) " Thermodynamics of evolution http://blog.rudnyi.ru/2013/04/thermodynamics-of-evolution.html" on blog.rudnyi.ru, April 20, 2013. ·
Thermodynamics of Evolution (1972)

Law

“We have seen that the formation and maintenance of self-organizing systems are compatible with the laws of physical chemistry.”

Ilya Prigogine

Part 2; Cited in: Evgenii Rudnyi (2013).
Thermodynamics of Evolution (1972)

Law