[en] This book offers an introduction to topics of current interest in nuclear structure research, as part of Plenum's NATO Advanced Study Institute Series. Includes introductions to the shell model, to effective interactions, and to the interacting boson model. Gives detailed treatment of the interactions of nuclei with electrons, muons, protons, pions, and heavy ions. Discusses applications in the areas of exotic nuclei, fission, astrophysics, and proton-induced X-rays. Examines the application of the shell model to nuclear spectroscopy, pion-nuclear many-body problems, and nuclear structure and heavy-ion reactions. Recommended for researchers and workers in nuclear structure, astrophysics, atomic physics, high-energy physics, and theoretical physics