Thomas Bulfinch

Person · Open Library

Born

1796-07-15

Died

1867-05-27

Works

167

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Norway

Active from

1980-07-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

197

Total plays

459

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method

   · 2001 · cited 163,200x

2. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 84,879x

3. U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation

   · 2015 · cited 59,824x

4. STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

   · 2012 · cited 51,043x

5. UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis

   · 2004 · cited 44,317x

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Quotes

• “If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends to make us happier and better can be called useful, then we claim that epithet for our subject. For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.”
• “Our work is not for the learned, nor for the theologian, nor for the philosopher, but for the reader of English literature, of either sex, who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, essayists, and poets, and those which occur in polite conversation.”
• “The Greeks believed the earth to be flat and circular, their own country occupying the middle of it, the central point being either Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Delphi, so famous for its oracle.”
• “"What have you to do with warlike weapons, saucy boy? Leave them for hands worthy of them. Behold the conquest I have won by means of them over the vast serpent who stretched his poisonous body over acres of the plain! Be content with your torch, child, and kindle up your flames, as you call them, where you will, but presume not to meddle with my weapons." Venus's boy heard these words, and rejoined, "Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you."”
• “He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them.”
• “The first writer who disclaimed a belief in the existence of the Phoenix, was Sir Thomas Browne, in his “Vulgar Errors”, published in 1646. He was replied to a few years later by Alexander Ross, who says, in answer to the objection of the Phoenix so seldom making his appearance, “His instinct teaches him to keep out of the way of the tyrant of the creation, man, for if he were to be got at, some wealthy glutton would surely devour him, though there were no more in the world”.”

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