Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer.
He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what w...
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 was just interested in the concepts involved. 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 was just interested in the concepts involved.
I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course. Clyde Tombaugh
I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. Clyde Tombaugh
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.
You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work. Clyde Tombaugh
You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.
I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient. Clyde Tombaugh
I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient.
It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. Clyde Tombaugh
It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck.
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 deserve to get it. 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 deserve to get it.
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem. Clyde Tombaugh
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem.