Jacob Bekenstein | |
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.JPG) Jacob Bekenstein | |
| Born | May 1, 1947 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | August 16, 2015 (aged 68) Helsinki, Finland |
| 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) 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.
