Nuclear Physics provides a clear, concise and up to date overview of the atomic nucleus and the theories that seek to explain it. Bringing together a systematic explanation of hadrons, nuclei and stars the textbook provides the core material needed by graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physics to acquire a solid understanding of nuclear and particle science. It is a definitive new resource for anyone considering a career in this dynamic field. The book opens by setting nuclear physics in the context of elementary particle physics and then shows how simple models can provide an understanding of the properties of nuclei,. both in their ground states and excited states, and also of the nature of nuclear reactions.