RocknRoll Scientific Nomenclature

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 4:12 a.m.

b'How would you like to be remembered when you\\u2019re gone?...most people make do with a tombstone or some such other grave marker\\u2026maybe a few photographs and other detritus from a life\\u2026\\n\\nBut maybe you\\u2019ve done something exceptional, something that extends beyond just your family and friends\\u2026my dad was mayor of my tiny hometown on the Canadian prairies and was instrumental in the development of a tourist area\\u2026for that, he had a street named after him\\u2026very nice\\u2026\\n\\nOthers have schools named after them\\u2026buildings\\u2026airports\\u2026whole towns and cities and countries and even continents\\u2026North America, for example, is named after an Italian cartopgrapher named \\u201cAmerigo Vespucci\\u201d\\u2026you get the idea\\u2026\\n\\nAnother way to achieve this sort of immortality is to have something in nature named in your honour\\u2026it turns out that this is a great way to pay tribute to rock stars\\u2026\\n\\nSit tight\\u2026we\\u2019re going to spend the next hour learning a few Latin terms\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'