Charles Darwin’s biorhythm

Naturalist · Born February 12, 1809

With the theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin laid the foundations of modern evolutionary biology.

The big day: November 24, 1859

On the Origin of Species is published. His major work On the Origin of Species was published in London. The first edition was sold out to booksellers on publication.

Biorhythm on November 24, 1859

Age 50 · day 18,547 of life

Physical
+63 %
↘ falling
Emotional
+62 %
↘ falling
Intellectual
+19 %
↗ rising

On this day all three curves were positive – strongest: Physical at +63 %.

Ten days before and after the event

Mo14Tu15We16Th17Fr18Sa19Su20Mo21Tu22We23Th24Fr25Sa26Su27Mo28Tu29We30Th1Fr2Sa3Su4November 15, 1859: Critical day (Physical)November 23, 1859: Critical day (Intellectual)November 26, 1859: Critical day (Physical)November 27, 1859: Critical day (Emotional)

The highlighted day is November 24, 1859.

To be clear: these days were deliberately chosen – they are moments of success on which the curves were favourable. It is a fun bit of detective work, not scientific proof. Everyone also achieves great things on “weak” biorhythm days.