Island of the Colorblind

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Oliver Sacks: Island of the Colorblind (Hardcover, 1998, Random House Value Publishing)

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English language

Published Nov. 17, 1998 by Random House Value Publishing.

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978-0-517-27895-6
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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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