General relativity and gravitation : a centennial perspective 100 years of general relativity George F.R. Ellis Was Einstein right: a centenary assessment Clifford M. Will Cosmology David Wands Misao Sasaki Eiichiro Komatsu Roy Maartens and Malcolm A.H. MacCallum Relativistic astrophysics Peter Schneider Ramesh Narayan Jeffrey E. McClintock Peter Mészáros and Martin J. Rees Receiving gravitational waves Beverly K. Berger Karsten Danzmann Gabriela Gonzalez Andrea Lommen Guido Mueller Albrecht Rüdiger and William Joseph Weber Sources of gravitational waves: theory and observations Alessandra Buonanno and B.S. Sathyaprakash Probing strong field gravity through numerical simulations Frans Pretorius Matthew W. Choptuik and Luis Lehner The initial data and the Einstein constraint equations Gregory J. Galloway Pengzi Miao and Richard Schoen Global behavior of solutions to Einsteins equations Stefanos Aretakis James Isenberg Vincent Moncrief and Igor Rodnianski Quantum fields in curved space times Stefan Hollands and Robert M. Wald From general relativity to quantum gravity Abhay Ashtekar Martin Reuter and Carlo Rovelli Quantum gravity via supersymmetry and holography Henriette Elvang and Gary T. Horowitz Explore spectacular advances in cosmology relativistic astrophysics gravitational wave science mathematics computational science and the interface of gravitation and quantum physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einsteins discovery of general relativity. Twelve comprehensive and in depth reviews written by a team of world leading international experts together present an up to date overview of key topics at the frontiers of these areas with particular emphasis on the significant developments of the last three decades. Interconnections with other fields of research are also highlighted making this an invaluable resource for both new and experienced researchers. Commissioned by the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation and including accessible introductions to cutting edge topics ample references to original research papers and informative colour figures this is a definitive reference for researchers and graduate students in cosmology relativity and gravitational science