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When the father of the atomic bomb quoted the Bhagwad Gita


"In 1933, when Oppenheimer was in Berkeley - prior to heading the atomic bomb project called the Manhattan Project - he became a student of Arthur Ryder, a Sanskrit professor. "A furious Truman ended the meeting and apparently said: "I don't want to see that son-of-a-bitch in this office ever again." "We knew the world would not be the same. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.


Source: Times of India May 27, 2016 04:15 UTC



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