People · researcher

Jacob Bekenstein

1947–2015 · Gravitation

Lifespan

1947–2015

Field

Gravitation

Known For

Argued a black hole has entropy proportional to its area, and was disbelieved until Hawking proved it.

Nationality

Israeli-American

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