Jacob Bekenstein

GPTKB entity

Properties (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf theoretical physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Einstein_Prize
gptkb:Oppenheimer_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1947-05-01
gptkbp:deathDate 2017-08-16
gptkbp:field cosmology
theoretical physics
quantum_gravity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jacob Bekenstein
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Bekenstein-Hawking_entropy
Bekenstein bound
black hole thermodynamics
Bekenstein_formula
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Israeli
American
gptkbp:researchFocus general relativity
information theory in black holes
quantum_mechanics