The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

eBook - 2008

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic."We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy PauschA 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 over the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Ca...rnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave—"Really...

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Published
Hachette Books
Language
English
Main Authors
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ISBN9780316407861
ASINB00139VU7E
Release Date4/8/2008
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781401395513
Release Date4/8/2008