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These are a number of other more successful examples of using general principles to derive specific theories of physics, starting from [[Einstein]]'s 1905 paper on [[special relativity]]. The form of [[general relativity]] is almost entirely specified from general principles including the [[principal of equivalence]]. There has also been partial sucess in deriving [[Quantum mechanics|quantum theory]] from axioms of [[quantum logic]].
Bootstrap principles related to the S-matrix also lie behind [[Gabriele Veneziano]]'s early work on [[string theory]], which began as an approach to the strong interaction.
More generally, "bootstrapping" refers to any method of reaching higher levels of understanding by building off of lower levels.
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