Meeting Venus: A Collection of Papers Presented at the Venus Transit Conference Tromsø 2012

• Main Authors: Aspaas, Per Pippin, Sterken, Christiaan
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: C. Sterken, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 2013
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430::Astrophysics; astronomy: 438; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Astrofysikk; astronomi: 438; Alta; Lent; North Cape; Norway; Tromsø; Vardø; Venus; Finnmark; Hammerfest; Northern Norway; midnight sun; Troms; University of Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5195

On 2–3 June 2012, the University of Tromsø hosted a conference about the cultural and scientific history of the transits of Venus. The conference took place in Tromsø for two very specific reasons. First and foremost, the last transit of Venus of this century lent itself to be observed on the disc o...