In thermodynamics, Prigoginean thermodynamics is an oft used synonym for the branch of thermodynamics developed, during the years 1945 to 1985, by Belgian chemist Ilya Prigogine, of the Brussels school. [1] The essential outline of Prigoginean thermodynamics, as it is used presently, is contained in the 1955 Introduction to Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes and the 1977 Self-Organization in Non-Equilibrium Systems: From Dissipative Structures to Order Through Fluctuations. [2] Prigoginean thermodynamics is often referred to, in other synonymous terms, as open systems thermodynamics, thermodynamics of irreversible phenomenon, far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, Prigoginean nonequilibrium thermodynamics, among others. Subjects include the topics "bifurcations" of "fluctuations".
References
1. (a) Irsigler, F.J. (1994). “Prigoginean Thermodynamics and the Human Brain”, Mankind Quarterly, XXXIV: 3, Spring, pgs. 155-74.
(b) MetaPress. (1991). World Futures, (pg. 200). Gordon and Breach.
2. (a) Prigogine, Ilya. (1955). Introduction to Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes, (pg. 92). New York: Interscience Publishers.
(b) Nicolis, G. and Prigogine, Ilya. (1977). Self-Organization in Non-Equilibrium Systems: From Dissipative Structures to Order Through Fluctuations. Wiley.
