Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did. – Clyde Tombaugh
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesnt fit the findings of science. – Clyde Tombaugh
It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didnt want to stay on the farm. It didnt offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. – Clyde Tombaugh
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didnt think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved. – Clyde Tombaugh