Presented at the XXV International School of Theoretical Physics "Particles and Astrophysics - Standard Models and Beyond", Ustron, Poland, September 10-16, 2001.
astro-ph/0112069

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Abstract. An account is given of the development, and the status, of the modified dynamics (MOND) - a proposed alternative to dark matter, which posits a breakdown of Newtonian dynamics in the limit of small accelerations.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• THE MODIFIED DYNAMICS
• MOND PHENOMENOLOGY
• MOND AS AN EFFECTIVE THEORY
• INTERPRETATIONS
• MOND AS MODIFIED GRAVITY
• MOND AS MODIFIED INERTIA
• VACCUM EFFECTS AND MOND INERTIA
• RELATIVISTIC THEORIES
• REFERENCES