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After the first successful launch, Oppenheimer said the famous quote 'Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds' from the Bhagavad Gita. This might be important because it shows how much he regretted making the bomb. Lemonade.oppenheimer (talk) 08:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

unless I'm reading it wrong In the article it says that he founded the exploratorium, even though it was his brother who founded it, am I stupid? Inertonyx (talk) 18:06, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The subject of the sentence is clearly Frank. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:00, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]