The last lecture /
Randy Pausch, Professor, Carnegie Mellon with Jeffrey Zaslow.
- First Hachette books hardcover edition.
- xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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.