List of Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries
Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries are inventions and discoveries by Azerbaijani scientists and researchers, both locally and while working at overseas research institutes.
Science
Chemistry
1904 oil well fire at Bibi-Eibat
- Oil well that were exploited in the area around modern Baku, Azerbaijan, to produce naphtha for the petroleum industry.[1]
Construction
- Oil Stones - the first operating offshore oil platform in the world, incorporating numerous drilling platforms.
Mathematics
- Discovery of fuzzy logic based on fuzzy set theory by Lotfi A. Zadeh.[2][3]
Defense
- Istiglal – a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-material sniper rifle.[4][5]
Culture
Folk music
- Ashiqs of Azerbaijan
- Meykhana - literary and folk rap tradition, consisting of an unaccompanied song performed by one or more people improvising on a particular subject.[6][7]
- Mugham - folk musical composition from Azerbaijan.[8]
Musical Instruments
- Balaban - a cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument.[9]
- Tar - long-necked, waisted instrument.[10]
Foods
- Dushbara a sort of dumplings of dough filled with ground meat and flavor.[11]
- Qutab a thinly rolled dough that may be cooked briefly on a convex griddle.[12][13][14]
References
- ↑ "Timeline: Azerbaijan". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ↑ "Fuzzy Logic". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University. 2006-07-23. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ↑ Zadeh, L.A. (1965). "Fuzzy sets", Information and Control 8 (3): 338–353.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan-produced sniper rifles and armors to be demonstrated at an exhibition in Istanbul". Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ↑ "International Defense Exhibition Fair (IDEF-2009) was over". Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ↑ Bahl, Taru; Syed, M. H. Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications PVT. p. 25. ISBN 9788126114191.
- ↑ Мейхана - это не «хулиганский жанр», а часть азербайджанского фольклора - режиссер Абдуль Махмудов (Russian)
- ↑ UNESCO - Intangible Heritage Section. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention :". unesco.org.
- ↑ Музыкальная энциклопедия. Баламан. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.
- ↑ Four new items inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-01.
- ↑ "Dushbara". qurman.az.
- ↑ Milli mətbəximiz, tarixi, səciyyəvi xüsusiyyətləri (Azerbaijani)
- ↑ Кутабы (пирожки с зеленью) - азербайджанская кухня (Russian)
- ↑ Азербайджанская кухня | Кутабы (Russian)
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