The island of Daltonikov

Oliver Sax - the world -famous neurologist, the author of a number of popular books translated into twenty languages, two of which - “The man who took his wife for a hat” and “Anthropologist on Mars” became international bestsellers.
Everyone knows that the majority animals do not distinguish colors. But in animals, Dalthonism successfully compensate for the heightened hearing, smell and other senses. Live-as if within the framework of a black and white film, unable to evaluate in its entirety the beauty of the surrounding world-a crimson sunset, turquoise sea, a field of golden wheat? The seriousness and entertaining style of an excellent fiction writer tells about a trip to the exotic islands of Micronesia, where people who suffer from hereditary color blindness have been living for many centuries. What does our world appear before them? Does this feature affect their emotions, imagination, way of thinking? How do they compensate for the lack of color? And finally, what is the associated black and white vision of the islanders and can they help them?