Editing Irving Langmuir (section)

===Early years===
Irving Langmuir was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York, on January 31, 1881. He was the third of the four children of Charles Langmuir and Sadie, {{née}} Comings. During his childhood, Langmuir's parents encouraged him to carefully observe nature and to keep a detailed record of his various observations. When Irving was eleven, it was discovered that he had poor eyesight.<ref>{{citation |title=Langmuir – The man and the scientist. Collected Works of Irving Langmuir |editor-first=C. Guy. |editor-last=Suits |publisher=Pergamon Press |volume=12 |year=1962 |asin=B0007EIFMO}} ASIN states author is Albert Rosenfeld; does not name an editor or state a volume.</ref> When this problem was corrected, details that had previously eluded him were revealed, and his interest in the complications of nature was heightened.<ref>{{citation|title=Irving Langmuir – A Pioneering Industrial Physical Chemist |last=Rajvanshi |first=Anil K. |author-link=Anil K. Rajvanshi |journal=Resonance |volume=13|number=7 |pages=619–626 |date=July 2008 |url=https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/013/07/0619-0626|doi=10.1007/s12045-008-0068-z|s2cid=124517477 }}</ref>

During his childhood, Langmuir was influenced by his older brother, Arthur Langmuir. Arthur was a research chemist who encouraged Irving to be curious about nature and how things work. Arthur helped Irving set up his first chemistry lab in the corner of his bedroom, and he was content to answer the myriad questions that Irving would pose. Langmuir's [[hobby|hobbies]] included [[mountaineering]], [[skiing]], [[pilot (aircraft)|piloting]] his own plane, and [[classical music]].<!--listening to or playing it?--> In addition to his professional interest in the politics of atomic energy, he was concerned about wilderness conservation.