The Island Of The Colour-blind and Cycad Island by Oliver Sacks

The Island Of The Colour-blind and Cycad Island

Oliver Sacks

345 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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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

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