Randy Pausch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Reflections of a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who lectured on "Really achieving your childhood dreams," shortly after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His advice concerned seizing the moment while living, rather than dying.
Author
Language
Français
Description
Le 18 septembre 2007, un professeur d'université, RANDY PAUSCH, annonce lors d'une conférence sur le thème « Réaliser ses rêves d'enfant » qu'il est atteint d'un cancer mortel qui l'emportera dans quelques mois. Il partage alors avec l'assemblée ses leçons de vie. Mis en ligne, ce « dernier discours » bouleverse le monde entier. Dans ce livre audio tiré de ses enseignements, Randy Pausch nous transmet un message courageux, humain, profondément...
Author
Publisher
Random House Mondadori
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
Después de recibir la noticia que padece un cáncer terminal, el autor da una última conferencia en la que reflexiona sobre las cosas importantes que ha aprendido en la vida. Randy Pausch es un gran orador y su discurso se ha comparado con el último de Martín Luther King y con otros discursos memorables. La conferencia entera de setenta minutos está en YouTube y recibe unos 80.000 hits diarios. Las palabras de Pausch contagian la alegría de...
Publisher
distributed by Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University was asked to deliver a "Last Lecture" (a series designed to examine the final lessons the speaker would impart when facing their own mortality). For Randy the topic was anything but hypothetical - he had recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis. He delivered his lecture entitled: "Really achieving your childhood dreams" at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 18, 2007. Randy lost his cancer...