The third great pioneer of photographic technology, Sir John Herschel, was an astronomer, and thus a connoisseur of light.
Using newfangled camera technology, Sir David illuminates the dramatic doings of invertebrates, like the bat-killing ways of centipedes and the mating rituals of hermaphroditic slugs.
But while fellow business leaders spoke of the wonders of technology, Sir Richard couldn't help hazarding a guess that he was the only one among the more than 140 executives completely unaffected by the malicious "I Love You" program.
Naturist Sir David Attenborough is using technology to help fulfil a sick friend's 30-year-old wish.
A few years later, even Dr Damadian himself abandoned its underlying technology.Meanwhile, Sir Peter Mansfield, who had also suggested gradients as a way to spatially localise NMR signals in a paper published in 1973, further contributed to the development of MRI by devising a scheme to acquire MR signals and construct images rapidly.
Doers and doings in business, entertainment and technology: Arise, Sir Bill: Well, not quite.
Huge leaps forward in film and computer-generated technology means Sir Ridley Scott and his production team can do much more than they could four decades ago.
Sir Robert Watson-Watt pioneered the technology that helped win the Battle of Britain, and was knighted for it in 1942 - but outside of his birthplace in Brechin, few people today remember his name.
Steve Jobs famously encapsulated the philosophy he shared with Sir Jonathan when he said technology alone was not enough, it was "technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing".
"I have a reasonably fundamental knowledge of the players in England," said Jones, who also expects to "have a coffee" with his old rival Sir Clive Woodward, "and there is technology that enables me to see all the club matches".
