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The Island of the Colorblind

The Island of the Colorblind

Book by Oliver Sacks
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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... Wikipedia
Originally published: January 7, 1997
Author: Oliver Sacks
Genres: Fiction and Personal narrative
Cover artist: Chip Kidd
An exploration of a society with congenital colorblindness, this book is a meditation on islands and the strange neurologic malady on Guam which resembles ...
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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 ...
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Part travelogue, part autobiography, part medical mystery, this moving book by the "poet laureate of medicine" (The New York Times) and bestselling author ...
Oct 19, 2023 · An island in the Pacific has a unique genetic history that affects how its people understand color.
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You'll learn about an island where a huge percentage of the folks are born totally colour-blind. He also checks into a neurological disease on another island ..
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The Island of the Colorblind by Sanne De Wilde. €350.00. In Pingelap and Pohnpei, islands in Micronesia, an extraordinarily high percentage of the inhabitants ...
Jan 26, 2018 · An island in the Pacific has a unique genetic history that affects how its people understand color.
Achromatopsia is characterized by extreme light sensitivity, poor vision, and the complete inability to distinguish colors. In Micronesia achromats adapt to ...
Jul 12, 2017 · Pingelap is an atoll in the Pacific known as "The Island of the Colorblind" due to the high proportion of people suffering from achromatopsia ( ...