2007-11-28 04:26:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anne 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
That name may have been a code name assigned to the area instead of its actual name.
They were in the midst of a war working on a project that could and did change the course of it.
The name "tank" was given to tanks during WWI in order to give them a name that wouldn't draw the attention of spies. The name stuck and now people are hard-pressed to find the real name that they were given.
Maybe the same thing here.
2007-11-28 04:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by Yun 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oppenheimer choose the code name Trinity in reference to poems by John Donne.
2007-11-28 05:18:56 · answer #2 · answered by gentleroger 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it so happens that when he got the phone call that General Groves’ deputy had finally chosen the place, he was reading a book of John Donnes's poems. He recalled the opening of a holy sonnet that he had read:
‘Batter my heart, three-person’d God; for, you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend...’
The Deputy said, “It’s strange that the creator of the atomic bomb would choose a reference to God as the name of the place to test the bomb.”
“Is it really?” countered the Commander. “These men knew what they were doing. They knew that if the bomb worked, it would be a terrible, unholy thing. It would change the world forever, maybe even destroy it; certainly at the very least, cause death and destruction on an unprecedented scale. But they also knew the bomb was necessary to stop the great evil of Hitler and an entire world at war with hundreds of Americans dying each day it went on. They wrestled with their conscience all the time.”
“Just like us,” said the Deputy.
“Yes,” the Commander answered, “just like us.” He paused for a moment, looking thoughtful as he puffed his pipe. Taking it from his mouth, he added, “It’s an odd deal that God and the Devil have made. But it works.”
The events related above are factual, although the conversation is an excerpt from my novel based on my experiences on the Minuteman crew force. What follows actually did happen, and my impressions of those events are real. See if you feel the same way.
2007-11-28 05:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because he got diamonds from it
2007-11-28 04:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by laatlammetjie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋