Jacob Bekenstein
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Jacob Bekenstein | |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | May 1, 1947
Died | August 16, 2015 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 68)
Citizenship | Mexican, American, Israeli |
Alma mater | Princeton University Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn |
Known for | Black hole thermodynamics |
Awards | Rothschild Prize in Physics (1988) Israel Prize (2005) Wolf Prize in Physics (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Doctoral advisor | John Wheeler |
Jacob David Bekenstein (Hebrew: יעקב בקנשטיין; May 1, 1947 – August 16, 2015)[1] was a Mexican-born American-Israeli theoretical physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. He was of Jewish descent.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Jacob Bekenstein, Black Hole Pioneer and Hebrew University Physicist, Has Died". Archived from the original on 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- ↑ The New York Times
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Jacob Bekenstein at Wikimedia Commons
- Bekenstein's papers list at ArXiv with links to the full papers
- Israel Prize Official Site - CV of Jacob Bekenstein (in Hebrew)
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