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Another winner by Oliver Sachs. This time he's combining neurology with naturalist, anthropologist, and and even archaeologist in his journey to two islands in Micronesia to investigate two strange conditions among the inhabitants. This is a terrific read for 'armchair explorers' as well as the scientifically curious. Sachs' intellectual curiosity and spirit of adventure are at the forefront in this book.
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Oliver Sacks, a neurologist who is known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings (the movie with Robin Williams), wrote this very interesting book of two types of genetic diseases typically found on isolated Islands: Colorblindness (Pingelap) and Lytico-Bodig a type of Parkinson/Alzheimers (Guam).
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