The Vestigial Heart: A Novel of the Robot Age

by Carme Torras and Josephine Swarbrick

A thirteen-year-old girl wakes up in a future where human emotions are extinct and people rely on personal-assistant robots to navigate daily life.

Imagine a future in which many human emotions are extinct, and "emotional masseuses" try to help people recover those lost sensations. Individuals rely on personal-assistant robots to navigate daily life. Students are taught not to think but to employ search programs. Companies protect their intellectual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037777
• ISBN13: 9780262037778
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher