Thursday, September 30, 2021

J Robert Oppenheimer Now I Am Become Death Quote Bumper Sticker


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Infamous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer in reference to the Trinity test in New Mexico where the first atomic bomb was detonated. Quote comes from the Bhagavad Gita: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death the destroyer of worlds." No need to be a theoretical physicist to enjoy this historical quote by the scientific director of the Manhattan Project the World War II project that developed the first nuclear weapons! myPhysics

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