Ilya Prigozhin (1917-2003) is a world-renowned scientist, Belgian and American physiotherapist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1977. He is known to the reader for many translated into Russian works, in particular, "Thermodynamic theory of structure, stability and fluctuations" and "Self-organization in non-equilibrium systems". The book "Knowledge of Complexity" provides a public overview of the methods developed in the 80s in the field of nonlinear dynamics for the study of complex systems and processes, such as evolution, self-organization, etc. d. Specific examples from different fields of science are given - from chemistry, physics, biology to sociology. For students of natural science specialties, as well as for specialists of a wide profile. Other works of similar subject: Philosophical problems of particle physics . Carnap. Philosophical foundations of physics The latest development of quantum electrodynamics (collection of articles, 1954. ), pour on the online disk please