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6 The story of Adam and Eve and the Fall, from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), printed in 1493. From the collection of Matthew Parker. Inc.0.A.7.2[888].
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7 Khusraw astonished by the beauty of Shirin, an illustration from a manuscript of Nizami’s poem recounting the love story of the Persian Prince Khusraw and the Armenian Princess Shirin. From the collection of George Lewis. MS Add. 207.
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6 The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College
New Master for Trinity Sir Gregory Winter has been appointed the new Master of Trinity College. Since graduating from the College in 1973, he has won numerous awards for his research work in genetic engineering, and was until recently deputy director at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Sir Gregory has held a Senior Research Fellowship at Trinity since 1991, and will succeed Lord Rees of Ludlow as head of house on 30 June 2012. Newton’s notebooks online Anyone with an internet connection will be able to browse Isaac Newton’s personal notebooks and manuscripts, thanks to a project that aims to make Cambridge a digital library for the world. The Cambridge Digital Library has been launched with more than 4,000 pages of the Newton’s most significant material – including the scientist’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica. Thousands more pages of information are to follow. After the Newton holdings have been digitised, work will move on to some of the University Library’s other world-class collections in the realms of science and faith – including the papers of Charles Darwin.
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Shelf Lives runs until 16 June 2012 (except 6–9 April) at the University Library. Admission is free. lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/shelf_lives
New Year Honours Six Cambridge academics and staff members have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Professor Patrick Sissons was knighted for services to research and education in clinical medicine, as was Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for services to molecular biology. Professor Geoffrey Hill received a knighthood for services to literature. Professor Trevor Robbins was awarded a CBE, and Peter Carpenter received an MBE. Matthew Moss, private secretary to the Vice-Chancellor, became a member of the Royal Victorian Order. A new economics An innovative research project is to help Cambridge scholars follow in the footsteps of John Maynard Keynes, the hugely influential economist. Launched in response to the financial crisis of 2008, the Keynes Fund for Applied Economics will promote the search for practical solutions to economic problems. Though based in the Faculty of Economics, it will solicit input from other disciplines such as psychology, history, anthropology and biology.
‘The central theme drawing these elements together is the allure that books and manuscripts have held for collectors over the centuries – an attraction which thousands of people, from all walks of life, still feel today.’ CAM 65 07