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This book presents many important domains of linear systems theory. After an introduction to the state space description, the frequency domain approach (transfer function) and the relation between the two through realization theory, a chapter presents basics of stability theory, from the state space point of view and the input-output perspective. A further chapter introduces to Lyapunov theory and Lyapunov functions. Chapters four and five introduce to observability and controllability, and the next one uses both topics for minimal realization. One finds results on realization theory in Chapter seven. Chapter eight deals with well-known issues in stabilizability (pole placement, canonical forms,\dots). Chapter nine presents estimation and detection. Chapter ten deals with feedback and dynamic output feedback. In Chapter eleven, the authors introduce zeros of transfer functions. The next chapter is devoted to the linear quadratic regulator, considering the state-space perspective (Riccati equation) and the frequency domain one via spectral factorization. An important section considers the root locus in the quadratic regulator framework. The rest of the book studies various popular extensions: The relation between the Hamiltonian matrix of the optimal control problem and the Riccati equation, and \(H_\infty\) control. An appendix introduces to a key tool in this presentation, namely the least squares method. The bibliography has 131 entries and there is a small index. The qualification of the title: ``An operator perspective'' may suggest that the infinite-di\-men\-sion\-al case (Hilbert space at least) is handled, but in most of the cases the authors restrict themselves to the finite-dimensional situation. The content of this book is well structured and it well balances the different aspects of the theory. If the reviewer had to quantify this volume with one word, he would say ``classical''. This book is of interest for learning and teaching linear systems and their control, and can be recommended.