J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes About History

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  • The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.

  • I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

    Onthe detonationof the first atomicbomb,16 Jul1945.Quoted in Len Giovanitti and Fred FreedThe Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965).
  • When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.

    Quoted in In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: usaec Transcript of Hearing Before Personnel Security Board (1954)
  • The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

  • Born: April 22, 1904
  • Died: February 18, 1967
  • Occupation: Theoretical Physicist