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On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.

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  1. Bought this for Derek as a gift for Father's Day last year. He devoured it and I looked at the cover for the next 6 months. When I finally opened and read the raw and honest way he wrote about his life and what he wanted his children to know, I gained tremendous perspective I desparately needed this past winter. Everyone should read this book! Definately a top 10 for me!

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  2. I haven't had the chance or opportunity to secure a copy yet, but I'm hearing many wonderful reports about it.

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