The last lecture
(2015, original release: 2008)
By:
Pausch, Randy
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
158/PAUSCH,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Hachette Books, 2015
©2008
©2008
EDITION
First Hachette books hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781401323257, 1401323251, 9781401323257, 1401323251
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published in hardcover by Hyperion
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 -- Memories -- Acknowledgments -- In memoriam
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