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The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) [a] is a private research university in Pasadena, California. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advances and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences. [10] [11]
Coordinates: 34.138°N 118.125°W. Caltech's 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is located in Pasadena, California, approximately 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is within walking distance of Old Town Pasadena and the Pasadena Playhouse District and therefore the two locations are frequent getaways for Caltech students.
Bernard F. Schutz, PhD 1972. William Shockley, BS 1932; Nobel laureate in physics (1956) "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect". Charles C. Steidel, PhD 1990; Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astronomy at Caltech; MacArthur Fellow (2002); Gruber Prize in Cosmology winner.
Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist and writer known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics.Along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.
California Institute of Technology: Pasadena, California: 1891 Private not-for-profit 2,209 $2.199 Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo, California: 1901 Public 20,186 $0.195 Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs California State Polytechnic ...
Joseph B. Dabney, owner of the Dabney Oil Syndicate, [15] was a trustee of California Institute of Technology. Dabney Hall of the Humanities, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dabney, is one of the four corner buildings of Caltech's central courtyard. It was built in 1927.
California Institute of Technology alumni. Wikimedia Commons has media related to California Institute of Technology alumni. People who attended Caltech, a small university in Southern California, with a strong tradition of science and technology.
Presidents of the California Institute of Technology. This page contains the name of presidents of the California Institute of Technology. Experimental physicist Lee A. DuBridge was the first to officially hold the title of President.