Akihiro Kanamori

 is a Japanese-born American mathematician. He specializes in set theory and is the author of the monograph on large cardinals, "The Higher Infinite". He has written several essays on the history of mathematics, especially set theory.
Kanamori graduated from California Institute of Technology and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (King's College). He is a professor of mathematics at Boston University.
With Matthew Foreman he is the editor of the "Handbook of Set Theory" (2010).
Selected publications.
Honors.
Marshall Scholarship