Randy Pausch
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born
October 23, 1960
died
July 25, 2008
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
genre
Nonfiction
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I am flattered and embarassed by all the recent attention to my "Last Lecture." I am told that, including abridged versions, over six million people have viewed the lecture online. The lecture really was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful. But rest assured; I'm hardly unique. Send your kids to Carnegie Mellon and the other professors here will teach them valuable life lessons long after I'm gone. -- Randy
Randy Pausch was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and a best-selling author, who achieved worldwide fame for his "The Last Lecture" speech on September ...more
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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.11 — 21,032 ratings — published 2008 21 editions |
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Time Management by Randy Pausch by Randy Pausch avg rating 3.57 — 7 ratings — published 2008 |
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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2008 |
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Learning to Program with Alice, Brief Edition by Wanda P. Dann, Stephen Cooper, Randy Pausch avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2004 5 editions |
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Last Lecture, The - on Playaway by Jeffrey Zaslow (Goodreads author), Randy Pausch, Erik Singer avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008 |
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Exploring Wonderland: Introduction to Java Programming Using Alice and Media Computation by Randy Pausch, Wanda P. Dann avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
"The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
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