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Brick Wall Model

Netherlands · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1985

Gerard 't Hooft1985

Science / Physics

Introduces the brick wall model for calculating black hole entropy from quantum fields near an event horizon.

Names involved

Gerard 't Hooft

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