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I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.

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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 ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

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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 loved the machinery.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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I used to believe there were people on Mars, and of course now we know there aren't. Mars held particular interest. I was curious what kind of beings they would look like.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well.

~Clyde Tombaugh

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: February 4th, 1906

Died: January 17th, 1997

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