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Jacob Bekenstein

Mexican-Israeli physicist · Israel · Scientists · Lived 1947 to 2015 · aged 68

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Jacob David Bekenstein was a Mexican-born American-Israeli theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation.

A life in dates

2015Died16 August 2015Einstein PrizeAward2012Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward2011Weizmann Prize for Exact SciencesAward2005Israel PrizeAward1947Born1 May 1947

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Awards

Einstein Prize2015
Wolf Prize in Physics2012
Weizmann Prize for Exact Sciences2011
Israel Prize2005
Rothschild Prize

About this person

Country
Israel
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2015 · aged 68

In common with Jacob

Rainer WeissBoth received Einstein PrizeVictor WeisskopfBoth received Wolf Prize in PhysicsBruno RossiBoth received Wolf Prize in PhysicsBryce DeWittBoth received Einstein PrizeAharon KatzirBoth received Weizmann Prize for Exact SciencesJohn Archibald WheelerBoth received Einstein Prize

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