[kj] BTATS origins

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 03:18:15 EDT

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In a message dated 30/07/03 23:40:51 Pacific Daylight Time, 
john_paul_owens@hotmail.com writes:

> "Another weak point is the interpretation of the quotation from the Indian 
> scripture Bhagavad-Gita which Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atom 
> bomb, reportedly used after witnessing the first atomic blast. Originally, 
> the quote meant the universe is infinitely diverse, and if a thousand suns 
> flash in the sky at the same time, it may reflect a close picture of the 
> spirit of the infinity of the universe, which is difficult to comprehend.
>   According to the book, "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" by Robert Jungk, 
> Oppenheimer did quote the metaphor of a thousand suns. "Yet, when the 
> sinister and gigantic cloud rose up in the far distance over Point Zero, he 
> was reminded of another line from that source: I am become Death, the 
> shatterer." The first part of the quote is a kind of philosophical view of 
> the mystery of the universe that a physicist can interpret as a version of 
> the Heisenberg principle of the dynamics of the observer and the observed; 
> the second part is the practical destructive aspect of the scientific 
> discovery."
> 
> 

   BLIMEY!

   Jel

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sinister and gigantic cloud rose up in the far distance over Point Zero, he=20=
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was reminded of another line from that source: I am become Death, the <BR>
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the second part is the practical destructive aspect of the scientific <BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp; BLIMEY!<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp; Jel</FONT></HTML>

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