Download or read book 2001, a Spacetime Odyssey written by Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics. Inaugural Conference and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two theories revolutionized the 20th century view of space and time: Einstein's general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Their union has given rise to elementary particle theories with extra spacetime dimensions, the inflationary model of big bang cosmology, the hypothesis of dark matter in the universe, the discovery of radiation from quantum black holes, and the fuzzy spacetime geometry of superstrings and M-theory. In this important book, experts present the latest developments in cosmology, theoretical physics and mathematics, as well as share their thoughts on the future of spacetime physics.