Editing Auguste Piccard (section)

== References in popular culture ==
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* Auguste Piccard was the inspiration for [[Professor Cuthbert Calculus]]  in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' by Belgian cartoonist [[Hergé]].<ref name="BPexplorer" /> Piccard held a teaching appointment in Brussels where Hergé spotted his unmistakable figure in the street. This connection was confirmed by Hergé in an interview with Numa Sadoul:
{{quote|Calculus is a reduced scale Piccard, as the real chap was very tall. He had an interminable neck that sprouted from a collar that was much too large... I made Calculus a mini-Piccard, otherwise I would have had to enlarge the frames of the cartoon strip.<ref>Horeau, Yves '' The Adventures of Tintin at Sea'' 1999, English translation 2004 for the National Maritime Museum, Published by John Maurray, {{ISBN|0-7195-6119-1}} . Chapter on Outside characters drawn into the Adventures.</ref>}}

* [[Gene Roddenberry]] named Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek]]'' after one or both of the twin brothers Auguste and [[Jean Piccard|Jean Felix Piccard]], and derived ''Jean-Luc Picard'' from their names.<ref name=UCBerkeley>{{cite web | author= University of California, Berkeley et al. [and informal sources on Jean Piccard talk page] | title= Living with a Star: 3: Balloon/Rocket Mission: Scientific Ballooning | publisher= The Regents of the University of California | year= 2003 | url= http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/LWS_GEMS/3/scien.htm | access-date= 30 January 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100626103845/http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/LWS_GEMS/3/scien.htm | archive-date= 26 June 2010 | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Piccard |first=Elizabeth |title=Talk of the Nation: Science on Stage | publisher= National Public Radio |date=23 January 2004 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1614132 |access-date=29 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307065346/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1614132 |archive-date=7 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Will Gregory]]'s opera, ''Piccard in Space'', premiered at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] in London on 31 March 2011. The libretto, by [[Hattie Naylor]], focuses on Auguste Piccard's first balloon ascent with his assistant Paul Kipfer, and on the theories of [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Isaac Newton]], who both appear as characters in the drama.<ref>{{cite news |last=Church |first=Michael |date=1 April 2011 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/54c55c18-5c42-11e0-8f48-00144feab49a.html#axzz1IIFZXsW3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221214/https://www.ft.com/content/54c55c18-5c42-11e0-8f48-00144feab49a#axzz1IIFZXsW3 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Piccard in Space, Queen Elizabeth Hall |newspaper=[[The Financial Times]] |access-date=1 April 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Seckerson |first=Edward |date=1 April 2011 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/gregory-piccard-in-space-queen-elizabeth-hall-2259208.html |title=Gregory Piccard in Space, Queen Elizabeth Hall |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Christiansen |first=Rupert |date=1 April 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8422093/Piccard-in-Space-Queen-Elizabeth-Hall-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8422093/Piccard-in-Space-Queen-Elizabeth-Hall-review.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Piccard in Space, Queen Elizabeth Hall, review |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 2016, the exploits of Piccard and his son [[Jacques Piccard|Jacques]] were featured in an American television commercial for [[Hennessy]] cognac.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nudd |first=Tim |date=15 April 2016 |url=http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/droga5-beautifully-tells-one-historys-most-incredible-father-son-stories-hennessy-170861 |title=Droga5 Beautifully Tells One of History's Most Incredible Father-Son Stories for Hennessy: Reaching for heaven and earth with the Piccards |magazine=[[Ad Week]]}}</ref>