RABBI BEN EZRA

ORIGIN

• Lived in Muslim Spain
• Made his reputation as a scholar and poet
• Wandered throughout Europe
• Settled down in Rome Lucca for a few years
• He died in Lucca

FAMOUS

• He wrote The Book of the Unit
• He also wrote the Book of the Numbers
• Book of numbers is a decimal system when numbers left to right
• He uses zeros which he calls galgal (meaning wheel or circle)
• Theses ideas were accepted in Europe several centuries later

INVOLVEMENT

• He didn't work with any other people

FAMOUS QUOTE

• A minutes success pay for the failures of years