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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Island_of_the_ColorblindThe Island of the Colorblind - Wikipedia

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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.

   • Author: Oliver Sacks

   • Publish Year: 1997

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     Exploring the ‘Island of the Colour Blind’ with Sanne De Wilde

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3. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks | Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2001 · 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 ... again, huge percentage of folks affected ... which causes profound, progressive, and fatal muscular weakness.

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4. www.nationalgeographic.com › photography › articleOn the Island of the Colorblind, Genetic History Affects How ...

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   Jan 26, 2018 · 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...

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6. www.oliversacks.com › the-island-of-the-colorblindThe Island of the Colorblind - Oliver Sacks

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   The Island of the Colorblind. 1997. An exploration of a society with congenital colorblindness, this book is a meditation on islands and the strange neurologic malady on Guam which resembles Parkinsonism and Alzheimer’s.

7. www.nationalgeographic.org › article › islandOn Island of the Colorblind, Paradise has a Different Hue

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   Oct 19, 2023 · Belgian photographer Sanne De Wilde has used the island and the concept of color blindness to inspire a series of images on genetics. During a visit to Pingelap in 2015, she created photos showing the world as a color-blind person might see it. Some are complete black-and-white images.

8. www.amazon.co.uk › Island-Colorblind-Oliver-SacksThe Island of the Colorblind: And, Cycad Island - Amazon.co.uk

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   Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally color-blind, 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.

   • Author: Oliver Sacks

9. books.google.com › books › aboutThe Island of the Colorblind - Oliver Sacks - Google Books

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   For Oliver Sacks, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin...