The Last Lecture

Sobre o livro

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.

De onde vem a nota

As fontes têm média 8,4 em 371 avaliações — ainda poucas, então o voto dos leitores carrega 67% do peso e o restante puxa para a média de Biografias e memórias, 8,2. É assim que sai 8,3.

Vozes dos leitores

As resenhas mais curtidas no Hardcover (com crédito aos autores).

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  “It means even more rereading 13 years later. When the author's Last Lecture went viral, I was a twenty-something computer science graduate. It spoke to me then, perhaps because I was a lot like Pausch's students. Now, as a father of young children, I see it all very differently. I hope I'll know my children into adulthood, but mortality is at the forefront in this memoir that also serves as an advice book and personal legacy for Pausch. Another thing that's much clearer now are his personal faults. I lapped up his workaholism on the first reading in a way that I actively avoid now. Despite hi…”

  ★ 5/5adamd no Hardcover

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