Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) Físico estadounidense
Supongo que todos pensamos eso, de una u otra forma».
Cuando se llevó a cabo la explosión de la prueba en Nuevo México, Oppenheimer citó las anteriores palabras del texto sagrado hindú Bhagavad Gita.
Original: «We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remember 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».[Sin fuentes]