Oppenheimer, who was tasked with designing an atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project ... his mind at the sight of the explosion: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer watched the first atom bomb explode and thought, "Now I am become Death." The famous quote is not an Oppenheimer original. The god Vishnu says it in Hindu scripture.

On July 16, 1945 the nuclear test, code named Trinity, took place. The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated at 5:29 am in the Jornada del Muerto desert. As his chief assistant, Thomas ...

Mr. Oppenheimer, who was tasked with designing an atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project ... his mind at the sight of the explosion: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” ...