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title: "Don Page"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "Don Page"
aliases: ["Don N. Page"]
first_seen: "2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Page-time paradox","black hole information paradox","Hayden–Preskill model","central dogma (black hole physics)","quantum gravity"]
seek_code_commit: "d40ee39"
---


Canadian theoretical physicist (University of Alberta), known for foundational work in black hole thermodynamics and quantum gravity. Matters to this vault as the originator of both the 1993 "Page-time paradox" — the entropy bound that Hawking's semiclassical radiation calculation conflicts with — and the earlier random-state quantum-circuit model of black hole evaporation that [[claim-corbeel-de-haro-2026-hayden-preskill-black-hole-as-information-mirror|Hayden & Preskill's 2007 model directly extends]]. He is the figure Corbeel & De Haro's entire technical analysis is benchmarked against.

## References
- [[claim-corbeel-de-haro-2026-page-time-paradox-partially-resolved-replica-wormholes]] — his 1993 Page bound and the paradox it creates against Hawking's calculation
- [[claim-corbeel-de-haro-2026-hayden-preskill-black-hole-as-information-mirror]] — his earlier random-state model, extended by Hayden & Preskill

## Log
- 2026-10-21: Page created at promotion of the Corbeel & De Haro black-hole-information capture.