An e-reader, also called an e-book reader or e-book device, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading e-books and digital periodicals. An e-reader is similar in form, but more limited in purpose than a tablet.-book reading is increasing in the US; by 2014 28% of adults had read an e-book, compared to 23% in 2013.
1 Ecology (pronunciation) â The study of the interaction of organisms with each other and with their environment.  Geobiology (pronunciation) â A science that combines geology and biology to study the interactions of organisms with their environment.
A New Proposal: The Three Domains of Life (Carl Woese, 1990) Starting in the early 1970s, Dr. Carl Woese, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and other scientists began to find evidence for a previously unknown group of prokaryotic organisms.