Description: At a September 27, 1931, symposium about the evolution of the universe, Watson Davis photographed astronomer Abbé Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, astrophysicist Edward Arthur Milne, and Anglican bishop and mathematician Ernest William Barnes.
Description: After successfully completing his 1925 European business trip, 29-year-old Watson Davis headed home on the S.S. Republic, boarding at Cherbourg, France, on October 2. The science journalist had covered the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and discussed with Sir Richard Gregory (Editor of the journal Nature) the plausibility of
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8768,size=300,left] The Smithsonian has been the home to creative individuals since its founding in 1846. Scientific illustrators sketched insect wings, taxidermists prepared dioramas of life groups, expedition photographers captured the majestic geology of the American West, and designers arranged objects in exhibit displays.Many of the Smithsonian
Description: A rare meeting of the scientific minds at the 92nd Annual British Association Conference in 1924, captured by Science Service journalist Watson Davis.
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