The Island of the Colour-blind

ISBN-13: 9780330526104 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 384 str.

Oliver Sacks

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On the South Pacific atoll of Pingelap, Sacks finds that a startlingly high proportion of the population is colour-blind. On Guam, an endemic neurogenerative disease is linked to the island's cycads which form the islanders' staple diet.