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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 of Lytico-Bodig disease in Guam .
- Oliver Sacks
- 1997
26. Jan. 2018 · ByDaniel Stone. Photographs bySanne De Wilde. January 26, 2018. •5 min read. Pingelap Atoll, a Micronesian island in the South Pacific, sometimes goes by its other name, the Island of the...
19. Okt. 2023 · Pingelap atoll, a Micronesian island in the South Pacific, sometimes goes by its other name, the Island of the Colorblind. That's the moniker Oliver Sacks assigned the island in his 1996 book that explored the human brain.
A book and an exhibition by the late neurologist Oliver Sacks, who explores the culture and biology of achromatopsia, a rare genetic condition that causes total colorblindness. The book also covers the neurological diseases and botanical wonders of Guam and Pingelap, two Pacific islands that Sacks visited.
1. Jan. 2001 · 4,920 ratings345 reviews. From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars comes "a delightful inner and outer journey, destined to surprise and please the devoted Sacks reader" (Washington Post) - a work rich in curiosity and compassion and intellectual adventure.
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6. Dez. 2010 · Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally colorblind, Sacks finds himself setting up a clinic in a one-room island dispensary, where he listens to these achromatopic islanders describe their colorless world in rich terms of pattern and tone, luminance and shadow.
11. Juli 2017 · In the film “The Island of the Colorblind,” Sacks tells this story while visiting the small Micronesian atoll of Pingelap, where an unusually large portion of the population is affected...
