1) California was a society in the early 20th century that embraced science, technology, and the search for utopia. It played a pioneering role in developing airplanes, radio, television, and later biotechnology. 2) The California Academy of Science was founded in 1853 by seven men interested in science, including five doctors, a lawyer, and a real estate broker. 3) In the late 19th century, Californians experimented with lighter-than-air flight and gliders. The Lick Observatory was built atop Mount Hamilton in the 1880s to study astronomy, funded by a donation from James Lick.

1. StarrBy: Michaela Peters

2. Chapter 10 : O Brave New World!California was society friendly to search for utopia through science and technologyPerfected airplane, radio, television, digital revolution, then biotechnologyCalifornia Academy of ScienceFounded by 7 San Francisco science inclined men5 doctors, 1 lawyer, 1 real estate broker

3. Early as Gold RushCalifornians speculated on dirigible balloon flights from East Coast to CaliforniaBy 1860sExperimenting with various lighter-than-air flightJohn MontgomeryWas 11 when 1st saw Frank Merriott fly over 4th of JulyBegan experimenting with heavier-than-air glider

4. George Davidson1879: built 1st observatoryon West CoastJames LickFunded observatory for University of California when diedChose Richard Samuel Floyd to direct constructionFloyd spent 12 years looking for ideal spotLick ObservatoryAtop Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara Country

5. Chapter 11 : An Imagined Place20th centurywas debut of 3 entertainment mediaFilm, radio, and televisionThrough 1920s – 1930sFilm studios develop sophisticated corporationsIntegrated linksDistribution companies

6. Mid 1930s, WW2 opened job ops to Germans in Southern CaliforniaWriters, artists, medicine, actors/actressesWriters used nature as symbolismJohn SteinbeckNature was the all and the everythingHuman life was elemental

7. “Society Six” 1920sLoose fraternity of East Bay painters socializing and painting togetherChanged ethos Postimpressionism to chromatic vigor and figurative verveMasculine, bohemia, exploding vigor color, depicting California landscape1933> ½ dozen local artists created series of murals for Coit Tower atop Telegraph HillStill among most successful mural projects in nation

8. SourceCalifornia, Kevin Starr, Chapters 10: O Brave New WorldCalifornia, Kevin Starr, Chapter 11: An Imagined Place