Paperback
Published June 6, 1997 by Picador.
The Island of the Colour-Blind
by Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks: The Island of the Colour-Blind (Paperback, 1997, Picador)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-330-35234-5
- OCLC Number:
- 426458329
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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.
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- Science: General Issues