The Island of the Colour-Blind and Cycad Island by Oliver Sacks

The Island of the Colour-Blind and Cycad Island

Oliver Sacks

384 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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"Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated community of islanders born totally colour-blind ; and to Guam, where he investigates a puzzling paralysis endemic ther...

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