John Donne was an English Metaphysical poet and Dean of St Paul's, whose Holy Sonnets provided Oppenheimer with the name for the Trinity test.
Oppenheimer named the Trinity test site after Donne's Holy Sonnet XIV, connecting the moment of atomic creation to metaphysical poetry.
Discussing
Ask anything about John Donne — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.