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Why is Berkeley famous worldwide? Because of its inventiveness, its liberal attitudes, and its artists and writers. Did you know that public radio, California cuisine, the lie detector, the atomic bomb, free speech, the hot tub, and yuppies were all invented in this all-American city?

Why is Berkeley famous worldwide? Because of its inventiveness, its liberal attitudes, and its artists and writers. J. Stitt Wilson, Berkeley's first Socialist mayor, once said, "Any kind of a day in Berkeley seems sweeter than the best day anywhere else." In "It Came From Berkeley", Dave Weinstein goes about showing us just that. He tells the story of this unique city from the beginning - the 1840s - to present day by focusing on the events and people that made Berkeley into the famous - and infamous - place that it continues to be and how those same events then influenced the rest of the planet. More than any other general book about Berkeley, "It Came From Berkeley" brings the history of the town and the university to life with anecdotes that are amusing, surprising, sometimes shocking, and often touching.