Author Description

"The publication is being released on the centenary of the globally used word robot, which first appeared in the drama R.U.R.: Rossum Universal Robots by Karel Čapek. This book includes the first edition of R.U.R. in its original 1920 version together with contemporary perspectives on Čapek's one-hundred-year old piece through the eyes of one hundred personalities from the Czech Republic and from around the world, including scientists, writers, journalists, artists, and athletes."--Title page verso