Download or read book Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective written by R. Casten and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a useful survey and assessment of the study of low-energy collective and single particle excitations of medium and heavy nuclei. An ideal resource for graduate students, the book covers both experimental and theoretical perspectives. The author's simple intuitive approach will help the reader to understand the empirical systematics as well as detailed model calculations, without recourse to complex--and often--confusing formalism.