"Every Azerbaijani can justly be proud of the luminaries of the second millennium, outstanding scientists like Hasan Abdullaev."

National Leader Heydar Aliyev

Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu Abdullayev was an outstanding Soviet and Azerbaijani physicist, the founder of the school of semiconductor physics in Azerbaijan, the world's leading scientist in the field of electronics and new technologies, whose fundamental research and scientific achievements formed the basis of the modern system of mobile communications and the Internet.

Hasan Abdullayev, remembered as an outstanding personality, is revered as a great scientist. Acquaintance with him is still cherished by the people who used to know him personally. Here is what his great friend, Nobel Prize laureate, Academician Zhores Alferov once said about our compatriot: "I was lucky to know Hasan Abdullayev for many years. Realising that science is the guarantor of future prosperity, he lived in the name of that. And we will not forget his testament. When we remember our great scientists, one would like to remind those on whom it depends how important science is for the development of the economy. Science must be nurtured, protected, and it will return the invested funds a hundredfold."