Entropy and Accurate Clocks

Unknown Reply 10:50 PM

Absolutely fascinating (and super accessible if you’re not a PhD) read from Live Science about the recently published Measuring the Thermodynamic Cost of Timekeeping:

Entropy — or disorder — is created every time a clock ticks. Now scientists working with a tiny clock have proven a simple relationship: The more accurate a clock runs, the more entropy it generates.

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