Painting Oppenheimer

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, and most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is 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” I suppose we all thought that one way or another ,“ said Oppenheimer in an interview
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