The Last Lecture
by:
Randy Pausch (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781401391621 (1401391621)
Publish date: April 8th 2008
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If ...
This book grew out of the desperation of a computer professor, when he discovered that he had terminal cancer, and he wanted absolutely to leave a manual of guidance for his little kids. It's this fact about this book that drew me, because, in terms of parental guidance, I haven't been one of the lu...
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Randy Pausch agreed to give the Last Lecture of all Last Lectures. Unlike every other lecture in the Carnegie Mellon series, his was in fact an actual last lecture. He and his family had already left Pittsburgh for Virginia so that his wife and children w...
Magnifique, touchant, plein de sagesse, une belle remise en perspective, un adieu plein d'espoir...
Such a sad, but heartwarming story.
9 years ago
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