Auguste Piccard

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Auguste Piccard

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Auguste Piccard's Degrees

• PhD Physics University of Geneva

Why Is Auguste Piccard Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere. Piccard was also known for his invention of the first bathyscaphe, FNRS-2, with which he made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 to explore the ocean's depths.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Auguste Piccard?

Auguste Piccard is affiliated with the following schools:

• ETH Zurich
• University of Basel
• University of Geneva