It is, perhaps, the most well-known line from the Bhagavad-Gita, but also the most misunderstood. A photograph on display at The Bradbury Science Museum shows the first thermonuclear test on OctoBradbury Science Museum / Getty ImagesĪs he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”.
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