If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.
— Robert Oppenheimer Modern

Manhattan Project leader

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Reflection on nuclear weapons

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c. 1940s-1950s

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Humorous

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