  A non-technical overview on gravity in two dimensions is provided.
Applications discussed in this work comprise 2D type 0A/0B string theory, Black
Hole evaporation/thermodynamics, toy models for quantum gravity, for numerical
General Relativity in the context of critical collapse and for solid state
analogues of Black Holes. Mathematical relations to integrable models,
non-linear gauge theories, Poisson-sigma models, KdV surfaces and
non-commutative geometry are presented.
