Bekenstein
Bekenstein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jacob Bekenstein (1947–2015), Mexican-born Israeli-American physicist * Joshua Bekenstein Joshua Bekenstein is an American businessman and co-chairman of Bain Capital. Education and personal life Bekenstein graduated from Yale University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). He then graduated from Harvard Business School with a Ma ..., American businessman {{Short pages monitor ...
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Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob David Bekenstein ( he, יעקב בקנשטיין; May 1, 1947 – August 16, 2015) was an American and 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. Biography Jacob Bekenstein was born in Mexico City to Joseph and Esther (''née'' Vladaslavotsky), Polish Jews who immigrated to Mexico. He moved to the United States during his early life, gaining U.S. citizenship in 1968. He was also a citizen of Israel. Bekenstein attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, now known as the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, obtaining both an undergraduate degree and a Master of Science degree in 1969. He went on to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton University, working under the direction of John Archibald Wheeler, in 1972. Bekenstein had three children with his wife, Bilha. All three children, Yehonadav, ...
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