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Pinkerton. 1955. Time's speed regulator... American Scientist 43:331–343. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27826548 (or equivalent archive). Quote: optimum efficiency for maximum output.\n- s2: Odum, H.T. 1995. Self-Organization and Maximum Empower. In Maximum Power... University Press of Colorado. Quote: During self-organization, system designs develop and prevail that maximize power intake...\n- s3: Odum, H.T. 1994. Ecological and General Systems... University Press of Colorado. Summary: energy circuit diagrams model reinforcing flows.\n- s4: DeLong, J.P. 2008. The maximum power principle predicts... Oecologia. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-008-XXXX. 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