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Hawking Radiation

Great Britain · Science / Astrophysics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1974

Stephen Hawking1974

Cambridge · Science / Astrophysics

Shows that quantum effects allow black holes to emit thermal radiation.

Names involved

Stephen Hawking

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