LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Stephen Hawking, who has died aged 76, was Britain’s most famous modern-day scientist, a genius who dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of the Universe. Born on January 8, 1942 — 300 years to the day after the death of the father of modern science, Galileo Galilei — he believed science was his destiny. But fate also dealt Hawking a cruel hand. Most of his life was spent in […]