Man Risks Everything In Attempt To Prove A Physical Law In Science Andreas Wahl, a Norwegian physicist, is known for doing crazy things in attempting to test science. This time was no less extreme. Wahl set up a system where he was hanging at a height of 45 feet from a rope that was connected to a pole. When he disconnected the rope, he went shooting down. His point was to prove that as things go toward a central point, they rotate faster. Because the rope rotated faster and faster around the pole, it slowed his fall right before hitting the ground. This is called centripetal force and its the reason that Andreas Wahl is still living today. Do you think this was cool or dangerous? 