TY - BOOK AU - Pausch, Randy AU - Pausch, Randy AU - Zaslow, Jeffrey TI - The last Lecture SN - 9780340977736 U1 - 004.092 PAU PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - : Hyperion, KW - Computer science, information & general works KW - Data processing & computer science KW - autobiography KW - Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography KW - Cancer -- Patients KW - Cancer -- Patients -- Biography KW - Terminally Ill -- Psychology -- Personal Narratives KW - Death -- Psychological aspects N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -