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Professor Cuthbert Calculus ('''''Professeur Tryphon Tournesol''''', literally ''Professor Tryphonius Sunflower'') is ", he flies into a rage: "''Goat, am I?''" Calculus's , and carries a Pendulum for that purpose. It is possible that this trait, along with Calculus' deafness were based on French physicist Yves Rocard . He is a former practitioner of the French martial art Savate . Calculus first appeared in ''Red Rackham's Treasure'', and was the end result of Hergé's long quest to find the archetypal '', and Prof. Alembick in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre''. The Calculus character was most likely inspired by Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard . In '' The Castafiore Emerald '', Bianca Castafiore mistakes Calculus for Piccard in claiming that Calculus is "famous for his balloon ascensions". |
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