We prove the following embedding theorems in the coarse geometry: The Corollary is used in the proof of the following. Theorem B together with a theorem of Gromov-Lawson implies the result, previously proven by G. Yu (1998), which states that an aspherical manifold whose fundamental group has a finite asymptotic dimension cannot carry a metric of positive scalar curvature. We also prove that if a uniformly contractible manifold of bounded geometry is large scale uniformly embeddable into a Hilbert space, then is stably integrally hyperspherical. |