Shmuel Kantorovitz received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1962. After postdocs at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he took on an Assistant Professorship at Yale University, and became an Associate and then Full Professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He then returned to Israel to become a Full Professor at Bar-Ilan University, where he is now Professor Emeritus.Ami Viselter received his Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University in 2009. After postdocs in the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and at the University of Alberta, he became a faculty member at the University of Haifa, where he is currently a tenured Senior Lecturer.

Most chapters contain relatively advanced topics alongside simpler ones, starting from the very basics of modern analysis and slowly advancing to more involved topics. The text is supplemented by many exercises, to allow readers to test their understanding and practical analysis skills.