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This site can be viewed as a collaborative inter- and hyper-linked electronic encyclopaedia that is instantly up-datable with the latest research results. It also serves as an important access point to the traditional peer-reviewed scientific literature. | This site can be viewed as a collaborative inter- and hyper-linked electronic encyclopaedia that is instantly up-datable with the latest research results. It also serves as an important access point to the traditional peer-reviewed scientific literature. | ||
SklogWiki derives its name from a concatenation, or portmanteau, of the word Wiki and the famous equation for [[entropy]]: | SklogWiki derives its name from a concatenation, or portmanteau, of the the word Wiki and the famous equation for [[entropy]]: | ||
:<math>\left.S\right.=k \log W</math> | :<math>\left.S\right.=k \log W</math> | ||
This equation is engraved at the top of [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann | Boltzmann's]] headstone at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof (click on the photo to the right | This equation is engraved at the top of [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann | Boltzmann's]] headstone at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof (click on the photo to the right |