This is the 3362nd most frequent Chinese word.
學家
"學家" means "scholar" or "expert in a particular field."
In this context, '學家' denotes a scholar or expert in the field of history, here referred to as 'historian'.
她是一位著名的歷史學家。
She is a renowned historian.
'學家' is used here to denote specialists in geology, called 'geologists'.
地質學家們正在研究這片土地的結構。
Geologists are studying the structure of this land.
Here, '學家' refers to experts in astronomy, specifically 'astronomers'.