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To: DentsRun
Who were the physicists who didn't want the bomb used on Japan?

Robert Oppenheimer was said to have remarked, on witnessing the first atomic explosion, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"(quoting the Bhagavad Gita).

I don't recall reading that Oppenheimer was against the initial use of the bomb, but he was suspected and the target of McCarthy's squad for his comments after the war.

As a side note, I recommend Richard Feynman's excellent book "Surely you Must Be Joking Mr. Feynman", a serious/whimsical memoir of the time building the bomb at Los Alamos.

53 posted on 08/10/2002 6:33:37 PM PDT by IncPen
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To: IncPen
Who were the physicists who didn't want the bomb used on Japan?

Robert Oppenheimer was said to have remarked, on witnessing the first atomic explosion, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"(quoting the Bhagavad Gita).

I remember quote from "the Hunt For Red October." But to your memory was there anyone who said "Germany yes, Japan no."

I have the Feynman book here somewhere. Very entertaining. I don't remember anything about reserving the bomb for Germany only though.

62 posted on 08/10/2002 8:35:52 PM PDT by DentsRun
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