Episode 536: The Manhattan Project Part IV - I Am Become Death
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The Trinity Bomb
In the weeks leading up to the test, Oppenheimer had been reading verses from a Hindu scripture called the Bhagavagita. All present were told to lie down on the desert sand and turn their faces away while burying their heads and their arms. The Trinity bomb, still known as the gadget, was sitting atop a tower to maximize the blast radius.
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