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Order Out of Chaos - (Radical Thinkers) by Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A pioneering book that shows how the two great themes of classic science, order and chaos, are being reconciled in a new and unexpected synthesis Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge.
- About the Author: Isabelle Stengers is a professor of philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
- 384 Pages
- Science, Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Series Name: Radical Thinkers
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Book Synopsis
A pioneering book that shows how the two great themes of classic science, order and chaos, are being reconciled in a new and unexpected synthesis Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge. In this landmark book, Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine and acclaimed philosopher Isabelle Stengers offer an exciting and accessible account of the philosophical implications of thermodynamics. Prigogine and Stengers bring contradictory philosophies of time and chance into a novel and ambitious synthesis. Since its first publication in France in 1978, this book has sparked debate among physicists, philosophers, literary critics and historians.Review Quotes
"A passionate meditation on Man and Universe."
--Italo Calvino "Astonishingly ambitious and wide-ranging."
--Observer "An ambitious book which suggests that a new picture of the universe is emerging from the study of thermodynamics, and that this picture will heal the breach between the scientific and the poetic view of man."
--John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books "Brilliant, demanding, dazzling."
--Alvin Toffler
About the Author
Isabelle Stengers is a professor of philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Her publications include Cosmopolitics. She received the Grand Prize for Philosophy from the Académie Française in 1993. Ilya Prigogine (1917-2003) was a Belgian physical chemist noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems and irreversibility. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1977.Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Radical Thinkers
Sub-Genre: Philosophy & Social Aspects
Genre: Science
Number of Pages: 384
Publisher: Verso
Format: Paperback
Author: Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers
Language: English
Street Date: January 23, 2018
TCIN: 89988849
UPC: 9781786631008
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-6936
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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