Editing Irving Langmuir (section)

===In fiction===
According to author [[Kurt Vonnegut]], Langmuir was the inspiration for his fictional scientist Dr. Felix Hoenikker in the novel ''[[Cat's Cradle]]'',<ref name="The Nation">{{cite journal|last=Musil|first=Robert K.|date=August 2, 1980|title=There Must Be More to Love Than Death: A Conversation With Kurt Vonnegut|journal=The Nation|volume= 231|issue= 4|pages=128–132|issn=0027-8378}}</ref> and the character's invention of [[ice-nine]], a new phase of water ice (similar in name only to [[Ice IX]]). Langmuir had worked with Vonnegut's brother, [[Bernard Vonnegut]] at General Electric on seeding ice crystals to diminish or increase rain or storms.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/27/nyregion/bernard-vonnegut-82-physicist-who-coaxed-rain-from-the-sky.html Bernard Vonnegut, 82, Physicist Who Coaxed Rain From the Sky], NY Times, April 27, 1997.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal=Cosmos | url=https://cosmosmagazine.com/chemistry/the-genius-who-ended-up-in-a-kurt-vonnegut-novel/ | author=Jeff Glorfeld | date=June 9, 2019 | title=The genius who ended up in a Vonnegut novel | access-date=October 19, 2020 | archive-date=October 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023015447/https://cosmosmagazine.com/chemistry/the-genius-who-ended-up-in-a-kurt-vonnegut-novel/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal = The Atlantic | title= The Chemist Who Thought He Could Harness Hurricanes. Irving Langmuir's ill-fated attempts at seeding hurricane King showed just how difficult it is to control the weather|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/09/weather-wars-cloud-seeding/538392/ |author= Sam Kean |date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>