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Is there a relation between Gelfand duality and the spectrum of a ring (with its Zariski topology)?

Compare the following two results: Thm A) Let $A$ be a commutative $C^*$-algebra and let $X$ be its Gelfand spectrum. Gelfand duality says that there's a natural isometric $*$-isomorphism from $A$ to ...