By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. - Clyde Tombaugh
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.
- Clyde Tombaugh
I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I lo… - Clyde Tombaugh
I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I lo…
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. - Clyde Tombaugh
That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't d… - Clyde Tombaugh
That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't d…
I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very in… - Clyde Tombaugh
I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very in…
Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this. - Clyde Tombaugh
Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this.
The planets are never the same twice, they're always different, so they could compare the markings I had drawn with their current photographs and the… - Clyde Tombaugh
The planets are never the same twice, they're always different, so they could compare the markings I had drawn with their current photographs and the…
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I w… - Clyde Tombaugh
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I w…
I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telesc… - Clyde Tombaugh
I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telesc…
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