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Ilya Prigogine

Science philosopher and physicist specialised in thermodynamics. Nobel prize laureate in chemistry, won for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

25/01/1917
28/05/2003 (Brussels)

Isis

Scientific journal, founded in 1912 by Georges Sarton.

Ghent (Belgium)

The Masters of science: Belgian Nobel laureates and the pride of the nation

In 2013, Brussels-based professor and physicist François Englert was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Englert joined the illustrious group of Belgian Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Read more about them in this story!

Théophile Ernest De Donder

Physicist and chemist considered a founder of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.

19/08/1872 (Schaerbeek)
11/05/1957 (Brussels)