This book covers: - the latest developments in synthesizing super-heavy elements
at RIKEN and GSI, and in theories of fusion-fission dynamics - studies of nuclei
far from stability and clustering phenomena in nuclei including the present
status and future plan of RIB facilities at GSI, GANIL, and RIKEN -
transmutation of nuclear waste in Europe, Japan, and Asia - nuclear astrophysics
with emphasis on nuclear physics in space, radio-nuclides in the galaxy, nuclear
data for astrophysics, nuclear reactions for astrophysics, and neutron stars and
other stars