"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, destroyer of worlds."
From the Bhagavad Gita, as quoted by Robert Oppenheimer, the "father" of the Bomb.
"Now we are all sons-of-bitches."
Dr. Kenneth Bainbridge, site director of the first explosion.
Both quoted in today's article in Wired.
Singing It Now
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Come on all of you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in I-ran
So put down your books...
3 days ago
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