The Island of the Colorblind
- The Island of the Colorblind
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name = The Island of the Colorblind
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author = Oliver Sacks
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language = English
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publisher = A.A. Knopf
pub_date = 1997
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pages = 336
isbn = 978-0676970357
oclc = 35235302
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The Island of the Colorblind is a book by Oliver Sacks about achromatopsia on the Micronesian atoll of Pingelap. The second half of the book is devoted to the mystery of Lytico-Bodig disease in Guam.
External links
* [http://www.oliversacks.com/island.htm The Island of the Colorblind]
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