Audio Cassette
English language
Published Jan. 7, 1997 by Random House Audio.
Island of the Colorblind
by Oliver Sacks
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The Island of the Colorblind is a 1997 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks about achromatopsia on the Micronesian atoll of Pingelap. It was published in the UK as The Island of the Colour-blind. The second half of the book is devoted to the mystery of Lytico-Bodig disease in Guam. The subject was also presented in an episode of the BBC documentary series The Mind Traveller.
Subjects
- Parkinsonism
- Guam
- Color blindness
- Audio - Nonfiction
- Audio Adult: Books On Tape
- Neurology
- Essays
- Non-Classifiable
- Caroline Islands
- Dementia