Abstract
The original conception of atomism suggests “atoms”, which cannot be
divided more into composing parts. However, the name “atom” in physics
is reserved for entities, which can be divided into electrons, protons,
neutrons and other “elementary particles”, some of which are in turn
compounded by other, “more elementary” ones. Instead of this, quantum
mechanics is grounded on the actually indivisible quanta of action
limited by the fundamental Planck constant. It resolves the problem of
how both discrete and continuous (even smooth) to be described uniformly
and invariantly in thus. Quantum mechanics can be interpreted in terms
of quantum information. Qubit is the indivisible unit (“atom”) of
quantum information. The imagery of atomism in modern physics moves from
atoms of matter (or energy) via “atoms” (quanta) of action to
“atoms” (qubits) of quantum information. This is a conceptual shift in
the cognition of reality to terms of information, choice, and time