In 2009, a journalist named Christopher McDougall published a book called “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen”. It is an odd combination of popular science, tirade against the modern running-shoe industry and a true story.

The reaction simplifies the production of pharmaceutically important molecules called lactones and other complex compounds.
By Dennis C J
Mumbai/ Sep 7, 2023