The Last Lecture

Informationen zum Autor Randy Pausch was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon, where he was the co-founder of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). He was a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator and a Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellow. He had sabbaticals at Walt Disney Imagineering and Electronic Arts (EA), and consulted with Google on user interface design. Dr. Pausch received his bachelors in Computer Science from Brown University and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He was the director of the Alice (www.alice.org) software project, and had traveled in zero-gravity. He lived with his wife, Jai, and their three young children in Virginia.Jeff Zaslow wrote the Wall Street Journal column that fueled the initial interest in Randy Pausch's lecture. He was also the co-author of Captain Chesley Sullenberger's The Highest Duty and the author of The Girls from Ames, both bestsellers. Klappentext Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Randy Pausch, Zaslow Pausch Randy, Jeffrey Zaslow
• Editore: Little Brown USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2008
• EAN: 9781401309657
• ISBN: 978-1-4013-0965-7
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 180 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: Hyperion Paperbacks; Hyperion Books; Hyperion Paperbacks
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Lebenshilfe (psychisch)