Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”
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Oppenheimer's Immediate Reaction to the Trinity Test
At the moment of the explosion from all accounts, he turned to his younger brother, Frank, and simply said it worked. A few days later, he was interviewed by a New York Times reporter who asked him what thoughts went through his mind when he saw the explosion. And at that moment Oppie referred to the gate of the Hindu scriptures and quoted the famous line, and I am death destroyer of world.
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