I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.
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…
- 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
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.
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.
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. - Clyde Tombaugh
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.
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