Editorial Advisory Board (Vice Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard, chair): Professor A J Badger, Professor J D Barrow, Professor Dame Gillian Beer DBE, Professor P A Cartledge, Professor A Hopper, Professor D J Howard, Dr D J McKitterick, The Rt Hon. Michael Portillo, The Rt Hon. The Lord Rees of Ludlow, Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, Mr K J Sabbagh, Dr D R Starkey, Dr L C Taub, Professor Dame Jean Thomas DBE, Professor Mark Welland.
Cambridge is one of the world’s great universities, providing education, scholarship and research at the very highest level. Home to more Nobel laureates than any other institution, it attracts students and academics from across the globe and is internationally regarded as one of the major intellectual powerhouses extending the frontiers of knowledge.
To celebrate its 800th anniversary year, Third Millennium is honoured to have been chosen by the University of Cambridge to produce this special commemorative book.
Edited by Peter Pagnamenta, one of Britain’s most distinguished documentary producers, this lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed and produced hardback volume traces the University’s growth and development from its small beginnings to today’s eminence and tomorrow’s aspirations.
The book features expert, informative and entertaining contributions from leading Cambridge figures of every generation and offers a vibrant panorama of the past, present and future of a living community.
Themes and topics in the book: Foundation of the University, Growth of the Colleges, Philosophy and Classics, Humanities, Mathematics, Science and new disciplines, New directions in research, Opportunity and admissions, Architecture old and new, Libraries and museums, Drama and performance, Music and arts, Sporting achievements, Spiritual Cambridge, Remarkable personalities, University government and finance, Future plans and revision.
Subscribe now: to this beautiful and stimulating volume at the special pre-publication discount price of £42.50 (incl. UK p&p). Overseas addresses £47.85 (surface mail). Airmail rates also available. You will receive the book upon publication and your name will be listed in a special appendix of subscribers, creating for you an enduring link in the University’s 800th anniversary year.
Publication: September 2008
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