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Julius Robert Oppenheimer"...now I am become Death [Shiva], the destroyer of worlds..."
Physicist Robert Oppenheimer -Supervising Scientist Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 at 0530 HRS,
in the Jornada del Muerto desert near
the Trinity site in the White Sands Missile Range.
...quoting from the Bhagavad-Gita upon
witnessing first atomic detonation by mankind.
"No beast is more savage than man,when possessed with power answerable to his rage"The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped..."
Physicist Robert Oppenheimer -Supervising Scientist Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 at 0530 HRS,
in the Jornada del Muerto desert near
the Trinity site in the White Sands Missile Range.
...quoting from the Bhagavad-Gita upon
witnessing first atomic detonation by mankind.
"No beast is more savage than man,when possessed with power answerable to his rage"The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped..."
The exact quote from the Bhagavad-Gita is:
If the radiance of a thousand suns... were to burst at once into the sky... That would be like the splendor of the Mighty one...I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds.
If the radiance of a thousand suns... were to burst at once into the sky... That would be like the splendor of the Mighty one...I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds.
The Dawn of the Atomic Age
"The Atomic Age began at exactly 5:30 Mountain War Time on the morning of July 15, 1945, on a stretch of semi-desert land about 5 airline miles from Alamogordo, New Mexico.
"And just at that instance there rose from the bowels of the earth a light not of this world, the light of many suns in one." William Laurence-New York Times-September 26, 1945
"Unleashing The Mighty Power of The Tiny Atom"
As the destructive power is imbedded in the atom, so are the acts of preservation, creation and destruction invested in the womb of Almighty Time. "I am Time Eternal " declares He in the the Geetha ("Kalosmi " ). Oppenheimer, the Father of the Atom Bomb quoted this verse from the Geetha when saw the first atomic explosion. To him, the destructive power of the atom was a mere manifestation of the destructive power of Time Eternal!
Sage Kanada- "The Atom-Eater"
Sage Kanada was world’s first proponent of “Atomic Theory”. He lived in 6th century BCE. Ulka was his father and his original name was Kashyapa. Seeing his interest in minute particles. As per Vaisheshika Sutra, the atoms are eternal, infinitesimal. He stated that the atom is indivisible and the world is made up of atoms. He stated that each Paramanu has tendancy to combine with another. So when two Paramanus combined the result would be Dwinuka (Bi-atomic). Similarly when four Paramanu or two Dwinuka combine the result would be Chaturanuka or quadruple atom.
Vaisheshika is among the six Astika School of Hindu philosophies (orthodox Vedic systems) of India. This system of thought is closely associated with the School of Logic or Nyaya. Vaisheshika adopts a form of atomism and contends that every object in the physical universe is reducible to a finite number of atoms. This school of thought was expounded by sage Kanada (or Kana-bhuk, literally meaning `atom-eater`). From the 6th century B.C. Nyaya and Vaisheshika are considered sister philosophies.
Vaisheshika (Sanskrit)- One of the six Darshanas or schools of philosophy, founded by Kanada. It is called the Atomistic School, as it teaches the existence of a universe of atoms of a transient character, an endless number of souls and a fixed number of material principles, by the correlation and interaction of which periodical cosmic evolutions take place without any directing Force, save a kind of mechanical law inherent in the atoms; a very materialistic school.
Sage Kanada was world’s first proponent of “Atomic Theory”. He lived in 6th century BCE. Ulka was his father and his original name was Kashyapa. Seeing his interest in minute particles. As per Vaisheshika Sutra, the atoms are eternal, infinitesimal. He stated that the atom is indivisible and the world is made up of atoms. He stated that each Paramanu has tendancy to combine with another. So when two Paramanus combined the result would be Dwinuka (Bi-atomic). Similarly when four Paramanu or two Dwinuka combine the result would be Chaturanuka or quadruple atom.
Vaisheshika is among the six Astika School of Hindu philosophies (orthodox Vedic systems) of India. This system of thought is closely associated with the School of Logic or Nyaya. Vaisheshika adopts a form of atomism and contends that every object in the physical universe is reducible to a finite number of atoms. This school of thought was expounded by sage Kanada (or Kana-bhuk, literally meaning `atom-eater`). From the 6th century B.C. Nyaya and Vaisheshika are considered sister philosophies.
Vaisheshika (Sanskrit)- One of the six Darshanas or schools of philosophy, founded by Kanada. It is called the Atomistic School, as it teaches the existence of a universe of atoms of a transient character, an endless number of souls and a fixed number of material principles, by the correlation and interaction of which periodical cosmic evolutions take place without any directing Force, save a kind of mechanical law inherent in the atoms; a very materialistic school.
Shiva's Cosmic Dance at CERNOn June 18, 2004, an unusual new landmark was unveiled at CERN, the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva — a 2m tall statue of the Indian deity Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India.
In choosing the image of Shiva Nataraja, the Indian government acknowledged the profound significance of the metaphor of Shiva's dance for the cosmic dance of subatomic particles, which is observed and analyzed by CERN's physicists. The parallel between Shiva's dance and the dance of subatomic particles was first discussed by Fritjof Capra in an article titled "The Dance of Shiva: The Hindu View of Matter in the Light of Modern Physics," published in Main Currents in Modern Thought in 1972. Shiva's cosmic dance then became a central metaphor in Capra's international bestseller The Tao of Physics, first published in 1975 and still in print in over 40 editions around the world.A special plaque next to the Shiva statue at CERN explains the significance of the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with several quotations from The Tao of Physics.
Here is the text of the plaque: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, seeing beyond the unsurpassed rhythm, beauty, power and grace of the Nataraja, once wrote of it "It is the clearest image of the activity of God which any art or religion can boast of."More recently, Fritjof Capra explained that "Modern physics has shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and in the birth and death of all living creatures, but is also the very essence of inorganic matter," and that "For the modern physicists, then, Shiva's dance is the dance of subatomic matter."It is indeed as Capra concluded: "Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics."
In choosing the image of Shiva Nataraja, the Indian government acknowledged the profound significance of the metaphor of Shiva's dance for the cosmic dance of subatomic particles, which is observed and analyzed by CERN's physicists. The parallel between Shiva's dance and the dance of subatomic particles was first discussed by Fritjof Capra in an article titled "The Dance of Shiva: The Hindu View of Matter in the Light of Modern Physics," published in Main Currents in Modern Thought in 1972. Shiva's cosmic dance then became a central metaphor in Capra's international bestseller The Tao of Physics, first published in 1975 and still in print in over 40 editions around the world.A special plaque next to the Shiva statue at CERN explains the significance of the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with several quotations from The Tao of Physics.
Here is the text of the plaque: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, seeing beyond the unsurpassed rhythm, beauty, power and grace of the Nataraja, once wrote of it "It is the clearest image of the activity of God which any art or religion can boast of."More recently, Fritjof Capra explained that "Modern physics has shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and in the birth and death of all living creatures, but is also the very essence of inorganic matter," and that "For the modern physicists, then, Shiva's dance is the dance of subatomic matter."It is indeed as Capra concluded: "Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics."
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