Jacob Bekenstein

Jacob Bekenstein was a theoretical physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to understanding black holes. He proposed that black holes have entropy—a measure of disorder or information content—challenging previous ideas that nothing could escape them. Bekenstein's work suggested that black holes can store information on their surfaces, leading to insights about the relationship between gravity, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics. His ideas helped pave the way for the discovery of Hawking radiation, further advancing our understanding of black holes as complex physical objects rather than simple cosmic abysses.