
From the Vault: The Atomic Scar
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Decision to Drop the Bomb
The father of the atomic bomb, as he sometimes referred shares the following regarding the first successful detonation of an atomic bomb at the trinity test in new mexico on july sixteenth 19 forty five. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the hindu scripture, the bagavadgita, fishnu wis trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him,. takes on his multi armed form and says, now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds. It's a difficult thing to imagine working on that kind of research, in a way, feeling that it is your
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