Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob Bekenstein · Science & Medicine
Physicist; black hole entropy and thermodynamics
1947, Mexico City, Mexico — 2015, Helsinki, Finland
Mexico · United States · Israel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Jacob Bekenstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; black hole entropy and thermodynamics
Bekenstein, born to a Jewish family in Mexico City and later an Israeli physicist, proposed that black holes carry entropy proportional to the area of their horizon — a radical idea that forced physics to treat black holes thermodynamically. His work led directly to Hawking radiation and remains central to the search for quantum gravity. He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2012.
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Physicist; black hole entropy and thermodynamics
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