Thanks to Einstein's relativity theories, our notions of space and time underwent profound revisions about a 100 years ago. The resulting interplay between geometry and physics has dominated all of fundamental physics. This book contains contributions from researchers who have thought deeply about the nature and consequences of this interplay.

Contributions here include summaries of radical changes in the notions of space and time that are emerging from quantum field theory in curved space-times (Ford), string theory (T Banks), loop quantum gravity (A Ashtekar), quantum cosmology (M Bojowald), discrete approaches (Dowker, Gambini and Pullin) and twistor theory (R Penrose).

From Newton to Einstein: Development of the Concepts of Space, Time and Space-Time from Newton to Einstein (J Stachel)
Einstein's Universe: Gravitational Billiards, Dualities and Hidden Symmetries (H Nicolai)
The Nature of Spacetime Singularities (A D Rendall)
Black Holes -- An Introduction (P T Chru ciel)
The Physical Basis of Black Hole Astrophysics (R H Price)
Probing Space-Time Through Numerical Simulations (P Laguna)
Understanding Our Universe: Current Status and Open Issues (T Padmanabhan)
Was Einstein Right? Testing Relativity at the Centenary (C M Will)
Receiving Gravitational Waves (P R Saulson)
Relativity in the Global Positioning System (N Ashby)
Beyond Einstein: Spacetime in Semiclassical Gravity (L H Ford)
Space Time in String Theory (T Banks)
Quantum Geometry and Its Ramifications (A Ashtekar)
Loop Quantum Cosmology (M Bojowald)
Consistent Discrete Space-Time (R Gambini &
J Pullin)
Causal Sets and the Deep Structure of Spacetime (F Dowker)
The Twistor Approach to Space-Time Structures (R Penrose).