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Baku Higher Oil School hosts presentation of book ‘Life lessons of geniuses, sages and conquerors’ by Academician Vagif Abbasov

Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) has hosted a presentation of the book "Life lessons of geniuses, sages and conquerors" by Academician Vagif Abbasov, a full member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Director General of the Institute of Petrochemical Processes named after Y. Mammadaliyev.

Opening the event, BHOS Rector Elmar Gasimov informed the participants about the meaningful life path of the academician, his rich and creative scientific, artistic and publicistic activity. He said that Vagif Abbasov is a friend of BHOS, and the faculty and students of the university know the academician deeply and show great respect to him. The rector expressed confidence that this book, intended for a wide readership, will be a valuable source for the university in terms of studying historical figures and their way of life.

Speaking at the ceremony, the author of the book, Vagif Abbasov, thanked the leadership of the university for organizing such an event at BHOS, noting that he used about 300 sources when writing the book "Life lessons of geniuses, sages and conquerors", which has been published in four volumes. The author added that the first volume of the book, dedicated to personalities known to mankind as geniuses, conquerors, great scientists and wise men, was published in 2010 and the fifth volume is currently being prepared. The academician noted that the newly published forth volume contains information about 19 geniuses and wise people, starting from the President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In his speech, MP Etibar Aliyev said that the presentation of this book at BHOS, one of the leading universities in Azerbaijan, is useful for young people and that he is confident that the book will find its place in everyone's personal library.

People's Writer of Azerbaijan Chingiz Abdullayev, one of the persons mentioned in the publication, thanked the author, noting that the book is a valuable source. He told young people about the importance of reading books.

Vugar Rahimzadeh, chairman of the Khatai district branch of the New Azerbaijan Party and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Iki Sahil", said the book is a valuable contribution to the state, science and the intelligence. He stressed that the book "Life lessons of geniuses, sages and conquerors" is a guide for young people, and that highly qualified specialists trained at BHOS will benefit from this collection.

At the end of the event, the students received answers to their questions and were presented with the book "Life lessons of geniuses, sages and conquerors."