The Island Of The Colorblind
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| Originally published | 1996 |
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| Authors | Oliver Wolf Sacks |
| Subject | Achromatopsia |
| Page count | 336 |
| Followed by | Uncle Tungsten |
| Preceded by | An Anthropologist on Mars |
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| ID | 2046769 |
About The Island Of The Colorblind
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.