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The bootstrap approach to understanding the elementary particles in hadronic physics was very popular in the 1960s as an alternative to quantum field theory. This episode is subjected to historical, methodological and philosophical analysis designed to complement the extensive work of Jim Cushing in this field.
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Redhead, M. Broken Bootstraps---The Rise and Fall of a Research Programme. Found Phys 35, 561–575 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-004-2011-9
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