George Towner

The author, George Towner, studied logic and philosophy at Berkeley, then became assistant director of the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, working on the biology of primitive organisms. When the computer revolution reached Silicon Valley, he switched to information technology and served 30 years on the senior technical staff at Apple. In his independent research, Towner analyzed how computers evolved from early number crunchers into today's smart digital assistants. Thinking Like a...See more

The author, George Towner, studied logic and philosophy at Berkeley, then became assistant director of the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, working on the biology of primitive organisms. When the computer revolution reached Silicon Valley, he switched to information technology and served 30 years on the senior technical staff at Apple. In his independent research, Towner analyzed how computers evolved from early number crunchers into today's smart digital assistants. Thinking Like a Computer presents a compelling new explanation, based in set theory, of how both people and computers understand reality. See less