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... information theory . The theory offers not only properly new results , but a new method of presentation , a syn- thesis of known facts in a new structure , making evident the gaps , destined to be filled , in our knowledge . It may be ...
... information theory . The theory offers not only properly new results , but a new method of presentation , a syn- thesis of known facts in a new structure , making evident the gaps , destined to be filled , in our knowledge . It may be ...
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... esthetics of isolated sounds somewhat analogous to the esthetic experiments one can perform with Rorschach blots . In musical tradition - which considers sonic objects only when they are assembled -the habit of experiments with isolated ...
... esthetics of isolated sounds somewhat analogous to the esthetic experiments one can perform with Rorschach blots . In musical tradition - which considers sonic objects only when they are assembled -the habit of experiments with isolated ...
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... esthetic resources , the essential interest of the multiple message . Thus this analysis almost automatically puts the accent on es- thetic value . Intelligibility , any inclination of the signal to narrate a story , to transmit a ...
... esthetic resources , the essential interest of the multiple message . Thus this analysis almost automatically puts the accent on es- thetic value . Intelligibility , any inclination of the signal to narrate a story , to transmit a ...
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