Karel Capek
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Karel Capek (Karel Čapek) (1890–1938) was a Czech author. His works include R.U.R. (1921), Tales from One Pocket (1929), Tales from the Other Pocket (1929), Hordubal (1933), Meteor (1934), An Ordinary Life (1934), and War with the Newts (1936).[1]
He may be best known for introducing the word "robot" for an artificial machine.
References
- ↑ The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference. Prentice Hall: New York, 1991.