The Island of the Colorblind
first publication date: 1997
genre: essay
original title: The Island of the Colorblind
original language: English
main subject: achromatopsia
follows: An Anthropologist on Mars
followed by: Uncle Tungsten
ebooks: on Internet Archive
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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
1- date of publication: 1998ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70073-6
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