Prof. Jacob Bekenstein from the Hebrew University is the recipient of the Israel Prize in Physics

In the early 70s, the committee members write, "Prof. Bekenstein proposed to attribute to black holes an entropy that is characteristic of their surface area, and he was internationally recognized as the father of the thermodynamics of black holes.

The Israel Physics Prize committee decided to award this year's prize to Prof. Jacob Bekenstein from the Hebrew University, one of the most prominent researchers in the world in the study of the north of the universe. Bekenstein's first contributions were made in the field of black holes, which are formed as a result of stars collapsing in on themselves; They "suck" everything into themselves - and nothing, not even light, can escape from their enormous gravitational force.

In the early 70s, the members of the committee write, "Prof. Bekenstein proposed to attribute to black holes an entropy that is characteristic of their surface area, and he was internationally recognized as the father of the thermodynamics of black holes. His work excels in originality and innovation, and it caused a thought revolution in this field of physics."

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