For the mathematician, time is a parameter represented on the real numbers line. For the physicist, it has become a property of matter. For the biologist, it evokes numerous periodical processes that take place inside living organisms. For the psychologist, the interest lies primordially with subjective time, involved in perceiving and experiencing events. The linguist examines the way in which diverse temporal categories are converted in grammar structures, across various languages. The IT specialist is interested in the time input to calculating the algorithms he/she elaborates. The economist measures the time incorporated in various merchandise, the manner in which … time is converted into an object, a commodity that can be traded. The sociologist draws upon the time budget of various social categories. There is also a time of the great social groups, of nations, of the grand myths and of history. Solomon Marcus, 1985, Timpul, Bucharest: Albatros (p. 9)