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The last lecture

Author: Randy Pausch; Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: New York : Hyperion, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Biografía
Personal Narratives
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Pausch, Randy.
Last lecture.
New York : Hyperion, c2008
(OCoLC)607142248
Online version:
Pausch, Randy.
Last lecture.
New York : Hyperion, c2008
(OCoLC)609070114
Named Person: Randy Pausch; Randy Pausch; Randy Pausch; Randy Pausch
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Randy Pausch; Jeffrey Zaslow
ISBN: 9781401323257 1401323251 9781401309657 1401309658
OCLC Number: 183266069
Description: x, 206 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
The last lecture --
Really achieving your childhood dreams --
Adventures ... and lessons learned --
Enabling the dreams of others --
It's about how to live your life --
Final remarks --
Acknowledgments.
Responsibility: Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow.

Abstract:

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

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Life lessons we should all live by

by booksonthebeach (WorldCat user published 2008-10-08) Excellent Permalink

I had seen the online video of Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" at Carnegie Mellon University a couple of months ago.  He'd been featured on an episode of "Oprah," and I was so impressed by his optimism in the face of tragedy, that I actually searched for and carved out time to watch the whole lecture. ...
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