John Cowie is a veteran of the semiconductor revolution. As a former senior executive with Philips, Intel and Tyan Corporation, his original intention was to write a book based on the characters he met and his first-hand experiences during his many years in this exciting young industry. But as he watched the remarkable evolution of the silicon chip and in turn the personal computer and telecommunications industries, he began to link these extraordinary envisioneering achievements with the human brain. Regular journeys past the ancient sites of Silbury Hill and the standing stones of Avebury prompted him to consider where our knowledge could have come from and the seeds of the Alien Visitor gene theory began.

Since the publication of Silbury Dawning, Cowie retired from the semiconductor industry. He spent the last four years teaching ICT and Business Studies at two secondary schools in Swindon, Wiltshire to research the development of adolescent students from 11 to 18 years of age. These investigations, along with other topics including the development of the science of epigenetics, are included in part two of ‘the Alien Visitor gene theory’ in his book titled i Alien. This book aims to provide further credence to the idea that our knowledge is inherited via a transgenerational memory gene from an Alien Visitor who arrived and thrived on our planet some 13,000 years ago.