In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given a couple of years to live. In January 2017 he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. This biography of the brilliant theoretical physicist and inspirational international celebrity, written with the help of Hawking himself and his close associates, now includes: · His leadership at the London Paralympic Games · The release of the film about his life The Theory of Everything · His BBC Reith Lectures in 2016 · His continuing work on black holes, gravitational waves, the new discovery of "supertranslations" · The launch of the astounding "Starshot" programme · The first presentation of the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication at Starmus III in June 2016.