RaveScienceNewsEdge is just one of the many people who Nijhuis highlights in her excellent history. She includes famous names, such as Aldo Leopold ... But it’s Nijhuis’ tales of lesser-known people, such as Edge and Michael Soulé, who is considered the father of conservation biology, that prove most fascinating ... The book truly shines, though, when Nijhuis is brutally honest about how the conservation movement gained a reputation for being antihuman ... the book’s focus on paths forward provides a bit of hope.