The collection consists of Prigogine's holograph manuscripts and
typescripts dating from 1977 to 1980.
La Nouvelle Alliance, a book co-authored
with Isabelle Stengers, is represented by three typescripts. Two of the
typescripts are in English and contain holograph revisions; the earlier version
is titled
Dialogue with Nature. Notes for the sixth
chapter of a later book,
Order out of Chaos, are also present.
"Order out of Chaos" was also the title of a
lecture given by Prigogine at the University of Texas in 1977; audio recordings
and a transcript of the lecture are present in the collection. Other lecture
materials include a holograph manuscript and audio recording of
"From Being to Becoming," a series of three
lectures given at the University of Texas in 1978; a 1979 lecture given at the
University titled
"Einstein: Triumphs and Conflicts"; a
typescript of
"Aspects of Chemical Evolution," presented at
the 1980 Solvay Conference in Chemistry in Washington, D. C.; and a typescript,
list of references, notes, and transparencies from
"Probing into Time: The 1980 Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky
Lecture" at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovat, Israel.
"Probing into Time" is also the title of an
article that appeared in
Discovery in September 1980, and a
typescript of that work is present in the collection.
"Aspects of Chemical Evolution"
(lecture: 1980 Solvay Conference in Chemistry, Washington, D.C., 23-24 April
1980), photocopy typescript with holograph revisions and interleaved holograph
revision pages,
[1980]
"Einstein: Triumphs and Conflicts"
(lecture: The University of Texas at Austin,
April 1979)
box
folder
1
2
Holograph manuscript,
[1979]
2
Photocopy typescript,
[1979]
"From Being to Becoming" (lectures: The
University of Texas at Austin,
3 April 1978, 5 April 1978, 7 April
1978)
box
folder
1
3
Holograph manuscript with interleaved photocopy typescript
pages,
[1978]
4-6
Audio tape reels,
3 April 1978, 5 April 1978, 7 April
1978
La Nouvelle Alliance,
1979
box
folder
1
7
Dialogue with Nature (earlier
title), bound photocopy typescript with holograph revisions,
n.d.
The New Alliance, photocopy
typescript with holograph revisions,
n.d.
box
folder
1
8
Table of contents, chapters 1, 2, 3, 6
2
1
Chapters 7, 8, 9
2
Holograph notes for dictation of revisions
La Nouvelle Alliance,
n.d.
box
folder
2
3
Photocopy of typescript Introduction
4-6
Photocopy of revised typescript
"Order out of Chaos?" (lecture: The
University of Texas at Austin,
18 November 1977)
box
folder
2
7
Audio tape reels,
18 November 1977
8
Typescript lecture transcript,
18 November 1977
box
folder
2
9
Order out of Chaos,1984, Holograph notes for Chapter VI: Being and Becoming,
n.d.
box
folder
2
10
"Probing into Time" (article:
Discovery, September 1980),
photocopy typescript with holograph revisions,
[1980]
box
folder
2
11
"Probing into Time: The 1980 A[haron]
Katzir-Katchalsky Lecture" (lecture: Weizmann Institute, Rehovat,
Israel, 1980), photocopy typescript with holograph annotations, holograph list
of references, holograph notes, and transparencies,
[1980]
