The Province of All Mankind Sr Associate Dean Timothy L Fields This volume contains the proceedings

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference Recent Advances and New Directions in the Interplay of Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry

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taking an interdisciplinary look at the ways in which human beings have turned to natural science

The Province of All Mankind Sr Associate Dean Timothy L Fields This volume contains the proceedingsThe Province of All Mankind is the story of a powerful idea about the cosmos. Born in the science fiction literature of the nineteenth century and maturing in the Age of Apollo, this idea held that outer space should be preserved as a "sanctuary" from human strife, free from weapons, warfare, and political rivalry. If humanity could somehow leave violence behind as it moved into space, perhaps peace would finally reign. Bucking a half century of