Includes bibliographical references (p. 611-628) and index.

Knowing the nucleus: the nuclear constituents and characteristicsglobal nuclear propertiesgeneral nuclear radioactive decay properties and transmutationsnuclear interactions: strong, weak and electromagnetic forcesgeneral methodsalpha decay: the strong interaction at workbeta decay: the weak interaction at workgamma decay: the electromagnetic interaction at worknuclear structure: an introductionthe liquid drop model approach: a semi-empirical methodthe simplest independent particle model: the fermi-gas modelthe nuclear shell modelnuclear structure: recent developmentsthe nuclear mean field: single particle excitations and global nuclear propertiesthe nuclear shell model: including residual interactionsnuclear physics of very light nucleicollective modes of motiondeformation in nucleinuclear physics at the extremes of stability: weakly bound quantum systems and exotic nucleideep inside the nucleus: subnuclear degrees of freedom and beyondoutlook: the atomic nucleus as part of a larger structureappendicesunits and conversion between various unit systemsspherical tensor propertiessecond quantization - an introductionreferences