What was oppenheimer saying about the atomic
bomb in this passage?
that it was a terrible weapon that would
change the world
that it was more powerful than expected
that he feared he would be killed in the
bomb's blast
we knew the world would not be the same. a
few people laughed, a few people cried, most
people were silent. i remembered the line
from the hindu scripture "i am become
death, the destroyer of worlds." i suppose we
all thought that one way or another.
- robert oppenheimer
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