Robert Oppenheimer
publication date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)
category: Science
clue: Hinduism and Catholicism influenced this destroyer of worlds.
explanation: Oppenheimer named his atomic tests Trinity, and famously quoted the Bhagavad Gita in describing the work he had done: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, and Mike Rothstein
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