The last lecture
Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and one of the pioneers of virtual technology. The last lecture by him is world-known as one version of fairy tales, with more than 5 million 1 sold in the United States alone.
Randy had been informed by his doctor to be in the 2 stage of cancer, before he was once invited to give a lecture under the same name.
Randy married his dream lover and had three lovely children. 3 , he would be absent from their 4 life forever. So, in his remaining life, he tried to 5 his family. Then again he intended to make some financial arrangements to ensure that their future life, at least in terms of 6 , was as comfortable as possible.
He used his time of 7 to keep his body active every day. Once, twice. . . with the permission of his body, Randy 8 riding to strengthen his body, hoping to have more time to 9 together the things he should have told his children slowly in the next 20 years into those small stories. When the children grow up and can read, Randy hopes they can be 10 that their father loves them deeply, even though he is 11 .
In this book, in an aspect of engineering, Randy reveals to his kids that nothing is perfect, and they should learn to do their best with limited 12 -you can't control the cards you're 13 , but just how you play the hand-probably that is what Randy wanted to 14 to his' kids.
As his co-author Jeffrey Zaslow put it, the 15 that Randy hoped to personally teach children about how to face life, as well as the rich content of this book, is not- only a gift to all students, teachers, and parents, but also those with dreams in the world.