Isabelle Stengers

Isabelle Stengers initially studied chemistry at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Together with Ilya Prigogine, she compiled the book Dialog mit der Natur (Dialogue with Nature), which endeavors to draw philosophical conclusions from non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Nowadays she is regarded as an expert in the field of the philosophy of science and is engaged as Professor at the Université Libre in Brussels. In 1993 she was awarded the Grand Prize for Philosophy from the Académie Française.

As of March 2012