Charles Darwin - Top 5 Facts Memory Mnemonic

0:00Where's Charles Darwin buried? Showtime, showtime, showtime! Come to come back, showtime! I am made of... ...to Jurassic Park. It's the picture that got too real. Come, come to come back, showtime! Oh, got the bait again! With a pretty pretty... We're not in Kansas, we're in Kansas. We're in Kansas, we're in Kansas. What would you like? They call me... Missed us a day. Well, it's not for many of us. The town is still in your mess. Never dance with the devil with eyes away. Oh, I'm scared! What have you done to his eyes? Hello and welcome to this episode of the podcast, The Nnemonic Memory. Where we add a single nnemonic leaf to our Tree of Knowledge. I'm Jan J. Nnemonic Man. And today's episode will be on the father of evolution, Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England in 1809 to his father Robert Darwin, a medical doctor and financier,

1:00and Susanna Darwin, previously Wedgwood, who was a keen amateur botanist and the daughter of famed potter, Josiah Wedgwood. Darwin studied both medicine and theology before finding his passion in natural history. He spent much of his youth collecting beetles, rocks and plants and learnt taxidermy from John Edmondson, a freed enslaved person. His big break came in 1931 when he was recommended to be the naturalist on the HMS Beagle. It was a five-year surveying voyage that launched his scientific career and would eventually form the foundation for his theory of evolution by natural selection. The voyage included many countries, some of which included Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Atlantic islands, such as Cape Verde and Canary Islands, Pacific and Oceana,

2:03including Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia, and South Africa and Mauritius. Following his journey, Darwin toiled for over 20 years working on his vast collection from the trip, collecting more and gathering more evidence for his theory. Darwin nearly missed the proverbial boat when he received a letter from Alfred Russell Wallace, who independently developed a similar theory. In the end, Darwin and Wallace presented joint papers on the theory to the Lamanian Society of London on July 1st, 1858. In 1859, Darwin published on the origin of species, which laid the foundation for modern evolutionary biology. While his later works included that a scent of man, which applied evolutionary theory to human origins.

3:05And just to finish off the summary, it would be criminal not to mention the salacious fact that Darwin did marry his first cousin, Emma Wedgewood. They attend children and believe it or not, Darwin prudently studied the effects of cousin marriage as well. So today's mnemonic will be on the top five facts about Charles Darwin. So with no further ado, we will begin with the summary from Wikipedia. Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. In a joint presentation with Alfred Russell Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution

4:07resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey. Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh. Instead, he helped Robert Edmund Grant to investigate marine invertebrates. He studies at the University of Cambridge's Cross College from 1828 to 1831 encouraged his passion for natural science. However, it was his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 that truly established Darwin as an eminent geologist.

5:10The observations and theories he developed during his voyage supported Charles Lowe's concept of gradual geological change. Publication of his journal of the voyage made Darwin famous as a popular author. Puzzled by the geographical distribution of wildlife and fossils he collected on the voyage, Darwin began detailed investigations and in 1838 devised his theory of natural selection. Darwin's work established evolutionary descent with modification as the dominant scientific explanation of natural diversification. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in on the origin of species. Darwin's discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences explaining the unity and diversity of life.

6:12Now, one, two, today's mnemonic. And the mnemonic for Charles Darwin, top five facts is BHP Tab. Now, BHP is just the giant oil company and Tab is spelled TAB, so spelled normally. We take the consonants but the vowel is a system. And for this one, we have to use our imagination a little bit, as obviously his boat was powered by wind. But we picture Charles Darwin being sponsored by the giant oil company BHP to sail around the world to source more oil under the guise of evolutionary biology. So we'll get into it. For the BHP, we take the B for Born in Shrewsbury, England in 1809. The HHMS Beagle voyage was from 1831 to 1836, and the P published on the origin of species in 1859.

7:16And the tab, we take the T for the theory of evolution by natural selection he developed, the A is assisting, and the B buried in Westminster Abbey in 1882. And we'll just go over that again one more time, so that's the mnemonic for Charles Darwin, top five facts. And the mnemonic is BHP Tab. For the BHP, we take the B for Born in Shrewsbury, England in 1809. The HHMS Beagle voyage was from 1831 to 1836, and the P published on the origin of species in 1859. And the tab, we take the T for the theory of evolution by natural selection he developed, the A is assisting, and the B buried in Westminster Abbey in 1882. Now one, two, five facts.

8:18And the first fact, fact number one, Charles Darwin was born into intellectual curiosity. His maternal grandfather, desire Wedgwood, was a prominent industrialist and anti-slavery campaigner, while his paternal grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was a physician and also an early thinker on evolution. He actually wrote a book in 1794 called Zunomia, and wrote the following, and I quote, Would it be too bold to imagine that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament? And fact number two, Darwin initially followed in his father's footsteps and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. This was not to be though, as he struggled with a slicing and dicing of surgery. He later studied theology at Cambridge, intending to become a country clergyman.

9:20But, by this time, his interest was entrenched in the natural world. And fact number three, the HMS Beagle is inextricably linked to Charles Darwin. However, this ship had three main voyages. The first voyage, surveyed Patagonia and Tera del Fugo in South America under Pringle Stokes. The second voyage, surveyed South America and completed a global navigation. While the third voyage, surveyed large parts of the Australian coast under Commander John Lord Stokes. Charles Darwin was on the second voyage, and only had an unofficial role to observe geology, collect specimens, and document the natural world. And fact number four, Darwin spent a total of five weeks in the Galapagos. He arrived in September 1835 and visited four islands, now known as San Cristobal, Floreana, Isabella, and Santiago.

10:29Darwin observed that animals on different islands were similar, but not identical. They showed subtle variations, depending on their island, suggesting that species were not fixed, but adapted to their environments over time. And the last fact, fact number five, it took Darwin over 20 years to publish his theory of evolution. This was four, a number of reasons. Firstly, he was continually gathering evidence, testing, and refining his thinking. Secondly, he was extremely apprehensive about the potential backlash from the scientific and religious establishment. And thirdly, the potential impact on his reputation and personal life, which was suffered by his grandfather, Erasmus. Now one, two, three question and quiz.

11:31The first question, question number one. What groundbreaking book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859? In question two, what theory is Darwin best known for developing? In question three, what did Darwin originally study at university before focusing on natural history? There's two options there. And we do have a bonus question, and that question is, where is Charles Darwin buried? It's now time to recap that nomonic. And the nomonic for Charles Darwin, top five facts is BHP Tab. For the BHP, we take the B for born in Shrewsbury, England, in 1809.

12:35The H, HMS Beagle Voyage, was from 1831 to 1836. And the P published on the origin of species in 1859. And for the tab, we take the T for the theory of evolution by natural selection he developed, the A's assisting, and the B buried in Westminster Abbey in 1882. Now onto the answers for the three question, quiz. The first question was, what groundbreaking book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859? And the groundbreaking book that Charles Darwin published in 1859 was on the origin of species. In question two, what theory is Darwin best known for developing?

13:40And the theory that Darwin is best known for developing is the theory of evolution by natural selection. Now I take umbridge this theory of evolution by natural selection, and I'm pretty sure I can prove it wrong. You hear me out. Where I come from, we have lots of hummingbirds, and they have existed for thousands of years. And to this day, they still haven't learnt the words. In question three, what did Darwin originally study at university before focusing on natural history? And Darwin studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and later theology at the University of Cambridge. And our bonus question, where is Charles Darwin buried?

14:46And Charles Darwin is buried in Westminster Abbey in London. Now onto... Over the week. And this week's word of the week is platitude, and that is spelled PL-AT-IT-UD-E. And the main, according to dictionary.com, is a flat dull or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound. And our simple example today is, some people think it's a platitude to say that Charles Darwin changed the way we understand life on earth. Now onto our memory tip. And for our memory tip today, we will be talking about association mnemonics. Association mnemonics are memory techniques that link new information to something already known.

15:50By creating a mental connection through images, stories and sounds, you make recall easier and more natural. The brain remembers linked material far better than isolated facts. These associations can be visual as in pictures, verbal as in rhymes, or contextual as in relating to personal experiences. And a simple example could be to remember that Mars is known as the red planet. So picture, a chocolate bar melting on a hot red planet, and when you look closely, it has the brand Mars stamped on it in bright red letters. The red color reminds you it's the red planet, and the chocolate bar name reminds you of Mars. See you next week. Well, that takes us to the end of another episode. Thanks for listening. If you'd like to join our mnemonic community, you can reach us at the mnemonic tree podcast, which is all one word, dot com on the website.

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