Clyde Tombaugh

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When Clyde Tombaugh entered the University of Kansas in 1932, he tried to register for freshman astronomy. The professor in charge of the course refused to enroll him. He thought Tombaugh's presence in the class would be inappropriate, since Tombaugh had already achieved something only a handful of…

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    • Jun 26, 1991 LATEST EPISODE
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