Logic of Analog & Digital Machines (Computer Science, Technology & Applications Series)

Scientists from different fields are searching for the appropriate definition of what is digital and analogue, but the profile of the technologies that have changed mankind's lifestyle and the history of the world still resist the scrutiny of thinkers. This book suggests some keys to interpret the digital and the analogue machines and claims that understanding analogue versus digital is not as easy as comparing the adjectives digital/continuous or natural/artificial, and conducts an accurate analysis of the systems' core.