The island of the colorblind ; and Cycad Island, Oliver Sacks
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The island of the colorblind ; and Cycad Island, Oliver Sacks
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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The island of the colorblind ; and Cycad Island
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Oliver Sacks
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Sacks is drawn to a Pacific atoll by reports of a group of islanders who were born totally color blind. He moves on to Guam to study a neurodegenerative paralysis. The cycad tree, which dates back to the Paleozoic, starts Sacks reflecting on the nature of islands
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