65 years into the Atomic Age - July 16, 2010
July 18, 2010
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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation president, David Krieger, reminds us how the Atomic Age began, 65 years ago on July 16, 1945 with the first Atomic Test - known as Trinity. The explosion prompted the memorable quote from Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, recalling lines from the Bhagavad Gita

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...
I am become Death,
The destroyer of Worlds.

And see this excerpt about Oppenheimer from the new film, Gobal Zero.

Article originally appeared on Beyond Nuclear (https://archive.beyondnuclear.org/).
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