About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 226. Chapters: University of California, Berkeley, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Eureka, California, Sulphur Bank Mine, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, University High School (Los Angeles, California), Ferndale, California, Mount Diablo, Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California), Saint Mary's College of California, List of Stockton landmarks, Mission San Diego de Alcala, Cotati, California, California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County, California, Bodie, California, St. Francis Dam, Rancho Camulos, Union Station (San Diego, California), Leonis Adobe, Forest Theater, Mission San Francisco de Asis, Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Dana Point, California, La Brea Tar Pits, Brother Jonathan (steamer), California Historical Landmarks in San Diego County, California, Mission San Jose (California), Mussel Slough Tragedy, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, Trinidad, California, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Adamson House, California Historical Landmarks in Sacramento County, California, El Molino Viejo, Julian, California, Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, Pasadena Playhouse, Mission Santa Barbara, Notre Dame de Namur University, California Historical Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Murphys, California, Sutter Creek, California, Mission Inn, Whaley House (San Diego, California), Ennis House, Bella Union Hotel, Casa de Estudillo, Winchester Mystery House, Calico, San Bernardino County, California, California Historical Landmarks in Santa Clara County, California, Crocker Art Museum, Rancho Los Encinos, Watts Towers, Angeles National Forest, California Historical Landmarks in Kern County, California, Mission Santa Cruz, Red Dog, California, California Historical Landmarks in Alameda County, California, Avila Adobe, Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Doris Foley Library for Historical Research, Mission San Miguel Arcangel, California Historical Landmarks in Calaveras County, California, Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, Ferndale Main Street Historic District, Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, California Historical Landmarks in San Bernardino County, California, Centinela Adobe, Rancho Petaluma Adobe, Mentryville, California. Excerpt: The University of California, Berkeley (also referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, or simply Cal) is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The university occupies 1,232 acres (499 ha) on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay with the central campus resting on 178 acres (72 ha). Berkeley is the most selective public university in the United States. It offers approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. Established in 1868 as the result of merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland, Berkeley is the oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California (UC). Berkeley has been charged with providing both "classical" and "practical" education for the state's people and is the flagship institution in the University of California system. Berkeley co-manages three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. Berkeley faculty, alumni, and researchers have won 71 Nobel Prizes (including 28 alumni Nobel laureates), 9 Wolf Prizes, 7 Fields Medals, 15 Turing Awards, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, 20 Academy Awards, and 11 Pulitzer Prizes. To date, UC Berkeley and its researchers are associated with 6 chemical elements of the periodic table (Californium, Seaborgium, Berkelium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Lawrencium) and Berkeley Lab has discovered 16 chemical...
