Joseph McAllister wrote: > A day behind in my reading, but I was reminded of an incident from > WWII::::: > > Wikipedia > > When the first atomic bomb was exploded in the Nevada desert, a > famous verse from the Bhagavad Gita, which begins "Kalo Asmi" was > quoted by Robert J. Oppenheimer (the 'father' of the atomic bomb) > after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. He > translated it as "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer named the test site "Trinity" after the Hindu trinity: Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; and Shiva, the Destroyer. Suitably apocalyptic, I think! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
