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Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1947)

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Jacob Bekenstein

Mexican-Israeli physicist (1947–2015)

Jacob David Bekenstein was a Mexican-born American-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.
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August 16

Day of the year

August 16 is the 228th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.
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