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.
| ISBN: | 9781786631008 |
| Publication date: | 23rd January 2018 |
| Author: | Isabelle Stengers, Ilya Prigogine |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Radical Thinkers |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of science Impact of science and technology on society Thermodynamics and heat |