/sci/ - Science & Math

I was very successful in my mathematics education in the sense of getting good grades, but I cannot help but feel as if I am missing extremely fundamental concepts in all areas of mathematics in spite of making modest headway into post-secondary mathematics (Calculus II). Where do I go back to learn mathematics from the ground up, and is it even remotely useful for someone who simply has a curiosity as opposed to any realistic use for it?

What do you guys consider the most important 2 or 3 elements in life, the universe and everything?

Hydrogen is obvious, I feel.

Carbon?

Any other contenders?

While we're at it, what would a Dr. Manhattanesque simplification of carbon look like? Pic related.

does pi apply here?

If I'm to have a symbol, it will be one I respect.

So if you got sucked into a black hole and was someone able to maintain your current consciousness. Obviously you'd be ripped apart in reality, you would live forever, in relation to an observer who remains in our current gravitational plane.