Foreword / Jai Pausch --
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 --
Acknowledgments.

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. - Publisher. "Much of my lecture at Carnegie Mellon focused on the professional side of my life--my students, colleagues and career. The book is a far more personal look at my childhood