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Reddit mentions of The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data (Pelican Books)
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I think @omeow gives a good answer. Not less calculus as Calculus is the bedrock of so many different areas of maths and science. If you want a good book on this Steve Strogatz's lastes "infinite powers" is awesome: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Infinite-Powers-Calculus-Reveals-Universe/dp/1328879984
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That said, statistics is becoming increasingly important. We need to train everyone, not just Maths grads in more stats. I think if you want to guaruntee a job coming out of an undergraduate degree then Stats is a pretty good bet. Also if you're looking for a primer on stats then David Spiegelhalter's book "The art of statistics" iss a great one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Statistics-Learning-Pelican-Books/dp/0241398630/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+art+of+statistics&qid=1569697929&s=books&sr=1-1
I've been using Excel since the day it came out. I've always used it casually as a classic spreadsheet tool. I didn't use it much for a few years but recently came back to it for job-related reasons. It has evolved into quite something. The current version (2019/O365) is a numerical wonder. Its data analysis tools/features are fantastic. As others have commented, the query, data modeling, data transformation and visualisation features are eye-popping. It's data science for the masses. I assume this is no accident. Microsoft realises the data revolution that is coming and not everyone wants to (or can) learn R or Python.
It goes without saying that you need to learn the basics before progressing to the more advanced stuff. But the more advanced stuff isn't very hard to learn and, as Nyct0phile pointed out, you can appear to be a data magician using some of the relatively easy to use tools. Youtube is good for the basics and an introduction to analytics.
One other thing. It really is helpful if you actually understand what Excel is doing (and you're not simply invoking commands). This book is a really great introduction to statistics, data analytics and machine learning. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0241398630/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If you learn to use Excel's data analysis tools and read this book you too will be able to say: "It's sometimes better to apply a simple linear regression model for predictive analytics than to over-fit a complex Machine Learning algorithm".