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| Author | Oliver Sacks |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Achromatopsia |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf |
Publication date |
1997 |
| Media type | |
| 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.
External links
- The Island of the Colorblind
- C-SPAN book discussion on The Island of the Colorblind, February 9, 1997
- The Case of the Colorblind Painter