University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Christopher Gorski Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Book Title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Author: Robert M Pirsig

Selection Statement:

I cannot express how profoundly the ideas in this book shaped my life. This is a book about many things, the most relevant to my career being the necessity of pursuing quality over quantity, how to focus on process over product. “Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive.”


Year: 2019