| LC control no. | no2013058773 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bekenstein, Jacob D., 1947-2015 |
| Biography/History note | Jacob D. Bekenstein was an Israeli theoretical physicist, professor of physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
| Associated country | United States Israel |
| Associated place | Jerusalem |
| Birth date | 1947-05-01 |
| Death date | 2015-08-16 |
| Place of birth | Mexico City (Mexico) |
| Place of death | Helsinki (Finland) |
| Field of activity | Physics Black holes (Astronomy) |
| Affiliation | Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim Universiṭat Ben-Guryon ba-Negev Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim |
| Profession or occupation | Physicists College teachers |
| Found in | Albert Einstein memorial lectures, c2012: t.p. (editors, Jacob D. Bekenstein, Raphael Mechoulam) back cover (Jacob Bekenstein; Professor of Physics, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem; member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities) Wikipedia website, May 24, 2013 (Jacob Bekenstein; Jacob David Bekenstein; b. Mexico City, Mexico, May 1, 1947; Israeli theoretical physicist; undergraduate education Polytechnic Univ. Brooklyn, N.Y.; PhD Princeton Univ. 1972) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 24, 2015 (in obituary published Aug. 21: Jacob Bekenstein; b. Jacob David Bekenstein, May 1, 1947, Mexico City; d. Sunday [Aug. 16, 2015], Helsinki, where he was to give a physics lecture, aged 68; physicist who prevailed in an argument with Stephen Hawking that revolutionized the study of black holes, and indeed the nature of space-time itself; became an American citizen in 1968 while attending the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, now part of New York University, from which he graduated in 1969; maintained American and Israeli citizenship) |
| Associated language | eng heb |
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