Special ICTP Event

Australian Broadcast Corporation journalist Richard Smith will be at ICTP on Tuesday, 12 June for a special viewing of his television documentary "Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide".

The documentary explores the history of Earth's formation by studying the landscape of Australia, a continent that provides a uniquely preserved view of Earth's past. The documentary's official description says:

"Of all continents on Earth, none preserve the story of the formation of our planet and the evolution of life quite like Australia. Nowhere else can you simply jump in a car and travel back through the entire history of the world."

The ICTP presentation begins at 17:00 in the Main Lecture Hall. Dr. Smith will introduce his experience in preparing the documentary and then will screen one of the original four episodes.

Dr. Smith began his professional career as a marine biologist. He has since become a specialist in television documentaries. His latest production is Rumble in the Jungle, a journey into the deepest, darkest Amazon jungle in search of a long-lost meteor crater with a team of Brazilian scientists. His previous films include Black Holes, 50 Million Years under he Sea, Silent Sentinels, and On Jupiter.