PROFESSOR CALCULUS

In Red Rackham’s Treasure, Hergé introduces an endearing character who becomes close friends with Tintin and Captain Haddock for the rest of the adventures: Professor Calculus.
Professor Calculus is an eccentric scientist, engineer and inventor who is as clever as he is absentminded.

Hergé’s model for Professor Calculus was a Swiss scientist named Auguste Piccard, who was a professor of physics at the University of Brussels from 1922 to 1954

Calculus is a secret romantic and pursues opera star Bianca Castafiore.

Professor Calculus invents a rocket that can fly to the moon, but he has never learned to drive a car...