https://raghavian.github.io/blog/tags/memories/Recent content in Memories on Raghav RantsHugoen-uk2026 Raghavendra Selvan. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://raghavian.github.io/blog/posts/20260616/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://raghavian.github.io/blog/posts/20260616/<p>Standing by the stairs of the Oskar Frederik&rsquo;s Church in Gothenburg, I overheard someone say &ldquo;He was striving to be someone like Feynman. He wanted to come up with the simplest explanations of the most complex ideas&rdquo;. I can confirm that <em>he</em> was not just trying but was always successful in doing this. While I do not know what it took Richard Feynman to come up with those simplified explanations, I have been a witness to the passion, technique, effort, and the genius of <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AMM9vE4AAAAJ&amp;">Lennart Svensson</a> in extracting the essence of the most complex ideas into teachable concepts. It is from him that I learned how to learn, how to really understand, and how to teach. My first baby flights within academia are thanks to the 15 months I spent under Lennart&rsquo;s wings.</p>