Island of the Colorblind

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Oliver Sacks: Island of the Colorblind (Paperback, 1998, Vintage)

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English language

Published Jan. 1, 1998 by Vintage.

ISBN:
978-0-679-77545-4
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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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