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"Chock-full of images and bursting with contributions from a veritable Who's Who of twentieth-century Cambridge alumni, Pagnamenta's book is entertaining, informative, and up-to-date. Four stars."
Varsity, 30 January 2009
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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 in 2009, Third Millennium was 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.
The Editorial Advisory Board for this major project included 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 and Professor Mark Welland.
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"An exciting and beautiful publication containing the voices of Cambridge, past and present....The challenge has been to produce an illustrated book which reflects both the essential seriousness of the subject matter, and the beauty of the place and the atmosphere of youthful excitement which linger in the memory of so many alumni. This has been brilliantly achieved." Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor, the University of Cambridge
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