You can turn any random sequence of events into a clock

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You can turn any random sequence of events into a clock

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Not all clocks look like a pocket watch

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Any random sequence of events, such as the lapping of ocean waves on the shore, can become a clock – and physicists have now devised a mathematical procedure for making such an odd timepiece and for measuring its precision.

“How can you turn anything into a clock? We decided to tackle that problem by thinking about processes that, in a way, look the least like clocks,” says

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at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.

A wristwatch can be used to keep time because its ticks are both regular…

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