Randy Pausch







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 The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.13 — 16,604 ratings — published 2008
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Time Management by Randy Pausc... Time Management by Randy Pausch
by Randy Pausch
avg rating 3.40 — 5 ratings — published 2008
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Learning to Program with Alice... Learning to Program with Alice, Brief Edition
by Wanda P. Dann, Stephen Cooper Randy Pausch
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2004
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Exploring Wonderland: Introduc... Exploring Wonderland: Introduction to Java Programming Using Alice and Media Computation
by Randy Pausch, Wanda P. Dann
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Last Lecture, The - on Playawa... Last Lecture, The - on Playaway
by Jeffrey Zaslow (Goodreads author), Randy Pausch Erik Singer (Narrator)
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"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)
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"The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
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