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-==Description==
+'''SklogWiki''' is a wiki for anyone interested in classical thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and the  computer simulation of simple liquids, complex fluids, and soft condensed matter.
-'''SklogWiki''' is a wiki for the thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and computer {{tag|simulation}} of materials community. SklogWiki derives its name from the famous equation for the entropy:
+This site can be viewed as a collaborative inter- and hyper-linked electronic encyclopaedia that is instantly up-dateable with the latest research results. It also serves as an important access point to the traditional peer-reviewed scientific literature. SklogWiki is part of the "Science 2.0" movement.
+SklogWiki derives its name from a concatenation of the the word Wiki and the famous equation for entropy:
 :S=k log W
-This equation is engraved at the top of Boltzmann's headstone at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof.
+The symbols
+:&Theta;&Delta;<sup>cs</sup>
+is the short-hand used by James Clerk Maxwell for the word '''th'''ermo'''d'''ynami'''cs'''.
-The symbols,
+One of the overriding philosophies of SklogWiki is the free dissemination of technical information:
-:&Theta;&Delta;<sup>cs</sup>
+:''"Developed countries should foster exchanges of technical information on the principle that all countries have equal rights to full access to available information. It is increasingly necessary, in order to reduce inequalities in this field, to promote co-operative arrangements for collection, retrieval, processing and diffusion of technological information through various networks, regardless of geographical or institutional frontiers."''
-is the short-hand used by James Clerk Maxwell for the word '''th'''ermo'''d'''ynami'''cs'''.
+:[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000400/040066eb.pdf "Many Voices, One World: Report by the  International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems", UNESCO (1980)] (Part V. &sect; 35 p. 261)
+SklogWiki was started in February 2007 by [http://www.ucm.es/info/molecsim/carlmcbride.html Carl McBride] and is hosted by the  [http://emoles.quim.ucm.es/ Grupo de Termodinámica Estadística de Fluidos Moleculares] of the  [http://www.ucm.es Universidad Complutense de Madrid].
 ==Principal topics==
 *Classical thermodynamics
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 *Molecular fluids
 *Complex fluids
-==History==
-SklogWiki was founded by [[Carl McBride]] on the 15th of February 2007.
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-| pages = 1102
+| pages = 1159
 | statistics URL = http://www.sklogwiki.org/SklogWiki/index.php/Special:Statistics?action=raw
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