2. Chapter 10 : O Brave New World! California was society friendly to search for utopia through science and technology Perfected airplane, radio, television, digital revolution, then biotechnology California Academy of Science Founded by 7 San Francisco science inclined men 5 doctors, 1 lawyer, 1 real estate broker
3. Early as Gold Rush Californians speculated on dirigible balloon flights from East Coast to California By 1860s Experimenting with various lighter-than-air flight John Montgomery Was 11 when 1st saw Frank Merriott fly over 4th of July Began experimenting with heavier-than-air glider
4. George Davidson 1879: built 1st observatoryon West Coast James Lick Funded observatory for University of California when died Chose Richard Samuel Floyd to direct construction Floyd spent 12 years looking for ideal spot Lick Observatory Atop Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara Country
5. Chapter 11 : An Imagined Place 20th centurywas debut of 3 entertainment media Film, radio, and television Through 1920s – 1930s Film studios develop sophisticated corporations Integrated links Distribution companies
6. Mid 1930s, WW2 opened job ops to Germans in Southern California Writers, artists, medicine, actors/actresses Writers used nature as symbolism John Steinbeck Nature was the all and the everything Human life was elemental
7. “Society Six” 1920s Loose fraternity of East Bay painters socializing and painting together Changed ethos Postimpressionism to chromatic vigor and figurative verve Masculine, bohemia, exploding vigor color, depicting California landscape 1933 > ½ dozen local artists created series of murals for Coit Tower atop Telegraph Hill Still among most successful mural projects in nation
8. Source California, Kevin Starr, Chapters 10: O Brave New World California, Kevin Starr, Chapter 11: An Imagined Place
