The last lecture
"A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." While they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't hav...
| Main Author: | Pausch, Randy. |
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| Other Authors: | Zaslow, Jeffrey., Singer, Erik. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Hyperion Audiobooks,
p2008.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
"A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." While they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie 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 Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about overcoming obstacles, enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment. It was about living"--Container. |
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| Item Description: |
Unabridged. "Includes personal photographs from the author's collection"--Container. Disc 1 is enhanced. may be used to view and print photographs. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: |
4 sound discs (4 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9781401391447 1401391443 |
| Author Notes: |
He was the co-founder of the Entertainment Technology Center and created the innovative educational software tool known as Alice that enables novices to create 3-D computer animations using a drag-and-drop interface. In September 2007, he gave a lecture entitled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, which was videotaped, found success on the Internet, and lead to a best-selling book entitled The Last Lecture. He died due to complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) |