The Island of the Colorblind
Appearance
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Author | Oliver Sacks |
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Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
Language | English |
Subject | Achromatopsia |
Publisher | A.A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1997 |
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Pages | 336 |
ISBN | 978-0-676-97035-7 |
OCLC | 35235302 |
Preceded by | An Anthropologist on Mars (1995) |
Followed by | Uncle Tungsten (2001) |
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.[1][2][3]
External links
[edit]- The Island of the Colorblind
- C-SPAN book discussion on The Island of the Colorblind, February 9, 1997
- The Case of the Colorblind Painter
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Episode Guide for The Mind Traveller". Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "IMDB entry for The Mind Traveller". Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Brennan, Patricia (August 23, 1998). "'THE MIND TRAVELLER'". Washington Post. Washington Post. Retrieved July 20, 2021.