The Making of the Atomic Bomb

What is Trinity, who selects the name and why?

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Answered by Cat on 11 Sep 17:19

Trinity is the code name for the test of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer proposes the name after "Holy Sonnets" by John Donne, a poem which explores the theme that destruction might also redeem.