Machine generated contents note: The theory of the nucleon-nucleon interaction -- Robert Vinh Mau1 -- The atomic nucleus observed with electromagnetic probes -- Thomas William Donnelly39 -- The nuclear shell model -- Alfredo Poves, Frederic Nowacki70 -- The nuclear collective motion -- Witold Nazarewicz102 -- The interacting boson model -- Francesco lachello141 -- The limits of the mean field -- Elvira Moya de Guerra155 -- The microscopic treatment of the nuclear system -- Peter Ring195 -- Semi-classical methods in nuclear physics -- David M Brink233 -- Scattering and reactions of halo nuclei -- Ronald C. Johnson 259 -- Nuclear physics away from the valley of stability -- Juha Aysto292 -- Structure of vacuum and elementary matter: from superheavies -- via hypermatter to antimatter -- Walter Greiner 316.