This
infamous quote was said by the Director of Los Alamos Laboratory, and
Father of
Atomic Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer on July 16, 1945. After they witnessed the detonation of the first nuclear implosion device at the Trinity test in Los Alamos, NM.
Now, I am become death, the destroyer of worlds quote was in reference to the story of
Vishnu and
Prince Arjuna from the Bhagavad Gita. Herein, 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.