Annals of Mathematics By S. Artstein, V. Milman, and S. J. Szarek For two convex bodies K and T in Rn , the covering number of K by T , denoted N (K, T ), is defined as the minimal number of translates of T needed to cover K. Let us denote by K ◦ the polar body of K and by D the euclidean unit ball in Rn . We prove that the two functions of t, N (K, tD) and N (D, tK ◦ ), are equivalent in the appropriate sense, uniformly over symmetric convex bodies K ⊂.