Jacob D. Bekenstein (1947–2015)
Author of Buchi neri, comunicazione, energia
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Image credit: Jacob D. Bekenstein in his office at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Works by Jacob D. Bekenstein
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2001, a spacetime odyssey : proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics :… (2002) — Contributor — 5 copies
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- Legal name
- Bekenstein, Jacob David
- Other names
- Bekenstein, J. D.
- Birthdate
- 1947-05-01
- Date of death
- 2015-08-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Mexico (birth)
USA (naturalized)
Israel - Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Place of death
- Helsinki, Finland
- Places of residence
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Education
- Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Princeton University (PhD|1972) - Occupations
- physicist
university professor
Professor of Theoretical Physics - Relationships
- Wheeler, John Archibald (doctoral advisor)
Hawking, Stephen (colleague) - Organizations
- Ben-Gurion University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The World Jewish Academy of Sciences - Awards and honors
- Bergmann Prize for Research (1977)
Landau Prize (1981)
Gravity Foundation Research Awards (First Prize, 1981)
Rothschild Prize (Physics, 1988)
Israel Prize (Physics, 2005)
Weizmann Prize in the Exact Sciences (2011) (show all 7)
Wolf Prize (Physics, 2012)
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