California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are strongly devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences. Due to its history of technological innovation, Caltech has been considered to be one of the world's most prestigious universities.
Throop Polytechnic Institute on its original campus at downtown Pasadena
Throop Hall, 1912
Caltech entrance at 1200 E California Blvd. On the left is East Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and on the right is the Linde Hall of Mathematics and Physics.
Richard C. Tolman and Albert Einstein at Caltech, 1932
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
Image: Pasadena City Hall David Wakely (cropped)
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Image: Vista del Arroyo Hotel in Pasadena, California 11 (cropped)
