Rob Nelson is a biologist, host, and online content creator. He's hosted documentaries like Secrets of the Underground, Life After Chernobyl, and Man Eating Python and received an Emmy Award for his work on the documentary film Mysteries of the Driftles.

Rob runs the non-profit Untamed Science and currently lives in North Carolina.

¿ Introduction
- Note that we have 52 Things, one a week helps give you the skills you might need in case the improbable happens.
- Why I'm doing this
- Examples of some things I've had happen to me
- How this book is different - it's according to the best science we have.
- Pop culture examples like Jaws and The Revenant
Briefing
1. It may happen one day
¿ It happened to me
¿ It happened to a friend
¿ Luck meets preparedness
2. Your Directive
¿ daily practice, learn, change your mindset, get outside
3. Your basic kit
¿ Diagrams with a short explanation.
¿ Cutting tool / shelter / rope / navigation / first aid
4. How to proceed
¿ ie. How to use the book
¿ Guidebook plus stories (according to science)
Know This before Starting
1. Advanced Gear Knowledge
a. Knifes
b. Rope
c. Extra Kit
2. Primitive Fire Starting
3. Basic Shelter
4. Key Knots
a. Clove
Hitch
b. Bowline
c. Trautline
d. Overhand Knot
e. Trucker's Hitch
f. Square Knot
How to Survive...

Random Wildlife

1. Sharks
2. Venomous Snakes
3. Brown Bears
4. Constrictor Snakes
5. Crocodiles
6. Portuguese Man-o-War
7. Box Jellyfish
8. Piranha
9. African Killer Bees
10. Wolves
11. Eating Insects
12. Poisonous Frogs
13. Cougars
14. Tigers
15. Polar Bears
16. Lions
17. Moose Attack
18. Yellow Jackets
19. Electric Eels
20. Hippos
21. Mosquitos (The deadliest of them all)
22. Black Death : Bubonic Plague
23. Elephant Stampede
24. Eating a Deadly Mushroom
25. Toxic Plants
Random Natural Events

26. Nuclear Fallout (the only man-made disaster here)
27. Avalanches
28. Tornados
29. Tsunami
30. Hurricane
31. Lightning
32. Giant River Crossing
33. Flash flooding
34. Stranded at Sea
35. Rip Current
36. Giant Waves
37. Quick Sand
38. Dust Storms
39. Cave Collapse

Random Extremes
1. On a tropical island
2. In the desert
3. In the snow
4. On a mountain
5. In the Rainforest

Your Mission is Never Over (Conclusion)