The prototypical example of an ontological ‘bit’ of
chemistry and physics, is the atom (the ‘indivisible’ in its Greek etymology). But later perspectives can get quite
unprototypical:
A neutron star … is basically a
giant atomic nucleus, stabilized by gravity.
-- J. Richard Gott, The Cosmic
Web (2016), p. 29
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