bombanın yapımına büyük katkılarda bulunmuş amerikalı fizikçi robert oppenheimer'ın, new mexico'da yapılan ilk atom bombası denemesinden sonra gördüğü manzara üzerine söylediği ünlü sözü.
(bkz: robert oppenheimer) tarafından kullanılmış söz. tam hali şu şekilde;
we knew the world would not be the same.
few people laughed, few people cried, 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.
