The Last Lecture

 Randy Pausch cowrote The Last Lecture with Jeffrey Zazlow of the Wall Street Journal. Randy decided to write this book after learning he had 3 to 6 months to live. He had pancreatic cancer. His oldest child, a five year old would probably remember him but the two younger kids wouldn't. He decided to put a life time of fatherly advice into this book. He wrote for his children. The book has 9 chapters and is full of good advice. It was a best selling book in 2008. Randy was a Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He also worked for six months at Disneyland. His hero was Captain James T. Kirk of Star Trek. He eventually got to meet William Shatner at this virtual reality lab in college. Although the book is sad because the author will die it is also inspirational.